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sentence is in 1st or 3rd person
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UMAL
Use more academic language
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Gender issues
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more gender neutral (he or she)
or more biased (She is a girl)
TENSE
Tense disagreement
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is in past, present, or future
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Subject/Verb agreement
Make sure the subject and verb are both plural or singular