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*mismatch between a pronoun and its antecedent:

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:*''Incorrect'': '''''Someone''' parked a car in the "no-parking zone" simply because '''they''' was too lazy to walk from a legitimate parking space.

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:*''Incorrect'': '''Someone''' parked a car in the "no-parking zone" simply because '''they''' was too lazy to walk from a legitimate parking space.

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:*''Correct'': '''''Someone''' parked a car in the "no-parking zone" simply because '''he''' was too lazy to walk from a legitimate parking space.

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:*''Correct'': '''Someone''' parked a car in the "no-parking zone" simply because '''he''' was too lazy to walk from a legitimate parking space.

*ending a sentence with a preposition:

:*''Incorrect'': Whom are you going to the football game '''with'''?

:*''Correct'': '''With whom''' are you going to the football game?

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