How often do you read the outside of food containers while you’re eating or shopping, and notice a grammar error?
Please read below for the ones I’ve found, so far:
In this sentence, there is no “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, it would be “the”) to the sentence, to make it a complete sentence - “I am the youngest one.”
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.”
The text is a little displaced, and sounds awkward. In it, we can see that there is a separation of 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.
Therefore, the best edit to this sentence is: “The natural sugar in figs can move to the surface over time, giving an off-white color.”
Error: “For a fresher & cleaner mouth than brushing alone.”
Every predicate needs a subject and a verb. Although the first predicate (for a fresher & cleaner mouth) has a subject (mouth), there is no verb.
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 in this sentence.
It needs more of an establishment of a connection, which is why adding “rather than” in addition to adding a verb to the first predicate, it is now a complete sentence.
Therefore, the best edit to this sentence is: “Use this to get a fresher & cleaner mouth, rather than just brushing alone.”