How often do you read the outside of food containers while you’re eating or shopping, and notice a grammatical error?
Please read below for the ones I’ve found, so far:
Defining the problem: In this sentence, there is no “article”, or “determiner” that is connecting the subject “we” and the noun “size.”
For example, the following sentence (with just a subject and noun) is not a correct sentence - “I am youngest one.”
We must add a determiner (for that previous example, the article/determiner would be “the”) to the sentence; to make it a complete sentence - “I am the youngest one.”
To fix it: Therefore, the two best edits to the originally mentioned sentence are either “We are the actual size”, or “We’re the actual size.”
Error: “We’re actual size!”
Error: “The sugar in figs can move over time to the surface, giving an off-white color.”
Defining the problem: The text is a little displaced, and sounds awkward. In it, we can see that there is a clause between the verb “move” and the preposition of movement “to the surface.”
“Over time” is more of an explanation of the moving sugar, and makes the most sense to have it after the movement of the sugar is already explained.
To fix it: Therefore, the best edit to this sentence is: “Over time, the natural sugar in figs can move to the surface, giving an off-white color.”
Error: “For a fresher & cleaner mouth than brushing alone.”
Defining the problem: The prepositional phrase “for a fresher & cleaner mouth” isn’t followed by a conjunction or conjunctive adverb, to compare that phrase with the following “than brushing alone.”
The second predicate (brushing alone) does have both a subject (the person/thing who is brushing) and a verb (brushing), but there is no complete connection between these two predicates within this sentence.
It needs more of an establishment of a connection, which is why adding “rather than,” now makes a complete sentence.
To fix it: Therefore, the best edit to this sentence is: “For a fresher & cleaner mouth, rather than brushing alone.”