Fixing the sentence for a 5-year-old: "My long and skinny jaws is made for catching fish!" — corrected and explained

Simple, child-friendly correction and step-by-step explanation for a 5-year-old: change 'is' to 'are' and add a comma. Shows noun-verb agreement and how to use two describing words.

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Correct sentence: My long, skinny jaws are made for catching fish!

Why?

  • Jaws means more than one, so we use are (not is). Try: "My jaw is big." (one) and "My jaws are big." (more than one).
  • When two describing words come before a noun, put a comma between them: "long, skinny."

If you meant one jaw: "My long, skinny jaw is made for catching fish."

Try this: Say the corrected sentence out loud: "My long, skinny jaws are made for catching fish!"

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