30b Match subjects and predicates.

30b
Match subjects and predicates.

Another kind of mixed structure, called faulty predication, occurs when a subject and predicate do not fit together grammatically or simply do not make sense together.

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A person is not a characteristic.

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Rules cannot expect anything.

Is when, is where, the reason…is because. Although you will often hear these expressions in everyday use, such constructions are inappropriate in academic or professional writing.

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