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Grammar-Prose Workshop v7

Skwovetboi
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You're making good progress on objective changes, just make sure to remember all of the things from prior exercises.

Brave Bird heavily damages Grass- Types and Fighting Types Fighting-types add hyphen such as Amoonguss, Celebi, (AC) and or Infernape.
Good work, no changes.

(AP) It and it also has the ability to revenge-kill weakneed revenge kill remove hyphen weakened slower opponents foes.
A comma is needed between "weakened," and "slower," as the comma separates the adjectives and makes it clear that they describe "foes."

Z-Brave Bird OHKOs OHKOes Latias and Hydreigon after Stealth Rocks; (ASC) however, but this means Crobat cannot run Black Sludge.
Z-Brave Bird -> Supersonic Skystrike
> When referring to attacking Z-Moves, use their official names, e.g., "Supersonic Skystrike". Only specify the base move if there are multiple viable options and there is genuine ambiguity.

"Stealth Rocks" -> "Stealth Rock," as the move is singular and you can only set one instance of Stealth Rock.

I'd also like to say that the change from ", but" to ";however, this" is a bit of a lateral change (which GP doesn't want to be making), as the original variant was acceptable.

U-turn allows Crobat to utilise utilize its high speed to pivot out of Flying resists Flying-type resistant Pokemon that it has a bad match up into, while keeping up momentum for its team.
Speed requires capitalization, as it's a stat. Additionally, there's a triple stack of errors between "match up," "into," and ", while." "match up" here is a single word, "into" is not a synonym for "against," so it should be changed to that in the vast majority of cases (A move can be strong against something, but it cannot be strong into something), and ", while" is not representing "whereas" showing contrast here, so it doesn't need a comma. Additionally, "Flying-resistant Pokemon" would've been slightly less of an intrusive change, but nobody will fault you for using "Flying-type resistant Pokemon."

Taunt shuts down defensive Pokemon such as Blissey and Alomomola (RC) and supports Crobat’s team as it means opponents foes such as Hippowdon cannot setup set up entry hazards .
You found this in the earlier Tsareena check, but a comma is needed before "as," as it acts in place of "because" in this scenario. The addition of "entry hazards" was a content change, which GP doesn't really want to make because it assumes knowledge about a metagame. For all we know, Hippowdon could be setting up Curse, for example. This would be a scenario where if you think it needs clarity, you'd leave a comment.

EDIT: The entry hazards change here was fine, it was just highlighted in all blue for some reason. Good work.

waffledogefern
Very well done overall, especially with subjective changes. Once you get down some of the more niche and hard-to-see rulings, it'll be almost perfect work.

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Nihilego’s Rock and Poison-typing Poison typing and above average above-average special bulk allows give it several opportunities to setup set up Stealth Rock on threatening Fire- and Fairy-types like Sylveon and Moltres (RC) granting it several opportunities to setup Stealth Rock.
"Rock and Poison typing" -> "Rock / Poison typing"
When speaking about dual types, they need to be formatted as "Rock / Poison typing/type."

Also, if you look carefully, you'll notice that "Nihilego’s" is using the curly ASCII apostrophe, which GP doesn't allow. It should be replaced with ' instead.

"Fire- and Fairy-types like Sylveon and Moltres" -> "Fire- and Fairy-types like Moltres and Sylveon."
The list order needs to match the subjects of the list. Since Fire-types are mentioned before Fairy-types in the list's subjects, Moltres needs to come before Sylveon in the list.

Also relevant: since you moved up the segment, "grants" should've been used over "give," in order to keep as much of the author's original voice as possible.

It’s Its strong Special Attack and decent Speed tier also allow it to threaten key Pokemon like Togekiss or and Celebi, (AC) and Life Orb boosted Orb-boosted Thunderbolt eases Nihilego's matchup into against bulky Water Types Water-types like Empoleon or and Tentacruel with little prior damage, (AC) ensuring its entry hazards remain on the field.
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It’s Its strong Special Attack and decent Speed tier also allow it to threaten key Pokemon like Togekiss or and Celebi. (AP) , (AC) and

Life Orb boosted Orb-boosted Thunderbolt eases Nihilego's matchup into against bulky Water Types Water-types like Empoleon or and Tentacruel with little prior damage, (AC) ensuring its entry hazards remain on the field.

This sentence is a bit overlong, so it should've been split from the get-go since it jumps subjects. Additionally, "strong Special Attack" is an error, as the stat itself cannot be "strong." Something like "high" would be more ideal. Everything else is stellar, good work.

However, Nihilego has abysmal physical Defense (RC) and cannot switch-in to switch into even some resisted physical attacks, so physically bulky teammates like Scizor or and Slowbro can assist it.

More or less everything has been caught here, but there's a lot of repetition that can be dealt with because every noun starts with physical. "physical Defense" can be shortened to just "Defense," as that is the related stat. Thus, by relation to "[physical] Defense" earlier in the sentence, "physical attacks" can be changed to just "attacks" in order to prevent repetition with the following "physically bulky teammates" in this sentence.

Nihilego also sports a crippling weakness to the common Ground- and Steel-types in UU with few options outside of Grass Knot, HP Hidden Power Ice in Gliscor's case, (AC) and a Z Move to utilise against them Z-Move, so pairing it with teammates which that can handle them, such as Breloom and Chandelure, gives Nihilego more opportunities to break (RC) and ensure Stealth Rock stays up.

You can't be weak to the "Ground- and Steel-types in UU," but you can be weak to "Ground- and Steel-type moves." This would compromise the original sentence a bit however, so an alternative change like "Nihilego is highly vulnerable to the common Ground- and Steel-types in UU" would be suitable to keep the author's intent. Everything else is well done, good work.
 
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Welcome!

  • Commas should be used before "as" and "since" if they are used to mean "because." If you're ever unsure about this, you can try replacing "as" (or "since") with "because" and seeing if it would have the same meaning: "Psychic Noise helps Reuniclus against bulkier foes with recovery because it can disrupt Dudunsparce and Wish users like Vaporeon." In this sentence, it does have the same meaning, so "as" means "because" in this context. Therefore, there should be a comma before "as."

  • Good work catching the errors here! One small thing worth noting: although you correctly identified the issue with using "means" and restructured the sentence to be grammatically correct, removing "easily" was not necessary to accomplish this. "Psyshock lets Reuniclus easily beat offensive Calm Mind setup sweepers like Galarian Articuno" is still grammatically correct. Generally, when it comes to GP checks, we want to preserve as much of the writer's original voice as possible (while making it grammatically correct), so it is better to keep "easily" in the sentence to reflect the choice the writer originally made.

  • The removal of "the" and the change from "would take a Psychic-type attack" to "resist or are immune to Psychic-type attacks" fundamentally alter the meaning of the sentence and is more of a QC change rather than a GP change.
This change implies that Focus Blast targets all Steel- and Dark-types that are resistant or immune to Psychic-type attacks. However, this is not what the sentence intends to convey (consider Sableye, which is a Dark-type that is immune to Psychic-type attacks; Focus Blast does not target Sableye, so it does not target all Steel- and Dark-types that are resistant or immune to Psychic-type attacks). These changes therefore amount to a QC change rather than a GP change. The analyses that we check as GPers have already undergone QC review by the relevant QC team, so it is very important not to suggest changes that alter what the sentence actually means. If you have an issue with the content of the analysis, you can leave a comment instead.
  • "Steel- and Dark-types" is plural, not singular, so the list that follows should use "and" rather than "or." So, "...Copperajah, Duraludon, and Incineroar...."
  • The words "into" and "against" are not synonyms; Tera Blast Fairy is a reliable attack "against" Scrafty, Goodra, and Flygon, not "into" them.
  • You correctly identified that it is a mistake to use "who" to refer to Pokemon, but in this sentence, it should be changed to "that" rather than "which." You can find a more detailed explanation of this in the "Which vs That" section of the Beginner Notes document linked in OP, but I'll paraphrase here:
We use "which" for non-restrictive clauses, i.e. when the clause applies to every possible example (in this case, every possible Steel- and Dark-type), whereas "that" is used for restrictive clauses, when this is not the case. Here, we cannot use a non-restrictive clause because not every Steel- and Dark-type is resistant or immune to Psychic-type attacks (for example, consider Lucario), so we must use "that" rather than "which."
  • It is not grammatically incorrect to change "to have" to "as" here, but it is also not grammatically incorrect to leave it as is. This is an example of what's called a lateral change:
A lateral change is a change from one correct word or phrase to a different correct word or phrase without a specific prose justification (such as repetition, redundancy, staccato prose, clarity, etc.), and we want to avoid lateral changes because they needlessly take away from the writer's voice.

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Overall, good work with this check! It's great to see a new face here. Feel free to try out another beginner exercise when you're ready, and feel free to message me on here or Discord with any follow-up questions!
thank you so much!

here's crobat :heart:

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Brave Bird heavily damages Grass- Types and Fighting Types Fighting-types such as Amoonguss, Celebi, (AC) and or Infernape, (AC) and it also has the ability to revenge-kill weakneed revenge kill weakened slower opponents foes. Z-Brave Brave Bird Supersonic Skystrike OHKOs Latias and Hydreigon after Stealth Rocks Rock damage, but this means Crobat cannot run Black Sludge. U-turn allows Crobat to utilise utilize (american spelling) its high Speed to pivot out of Flying resists Flying-resistant Pokemon that it has a bad match up into (RC) matchup against while keeping up momentum for its team. Taunt shuts down defensive Pokemon such as Blissey and Alomomola (RC) and supports Crobat’s Crobat's team, (AC) as it means opponents foes such as Hippowdon cannot setup setup entry hazards .
 
skype
Nice work here!
Brave Bird heavily damages Grass- Types and Fighting Types Fighting-types such as Amoonguss, Celebi, (AC) and or Infernape, (AC) and it also has the ability to revenge-kill weakneed revenge kill weakened slower opponents foes.
  • Good work fixing all the objective errors here! Note that (correctly) changing "or" to "and" creates a situation where "and" is repeated in the span of just 2 words in the same sentence. This can be fixed by using a "while" clause: "...such as Amoonguss, Celebi, and Infernape while also having the ability to revenge kill...."
Z-Brave Brave Bird Supersonic Skystrike OHKOs Latias and Hydreigon after Stealth Rocks Rock damage, but this means Crobat cannot run Black Sludge.
  • This one is admittedly unclear due to being a workshop exercise that doesn't have the moveset attached to these set comments. Given those circumstances, writing out "Brave Bird Supersonic Skystrike" is understandable, since Crobat might have another damaging Flying-type move (but we don't know because we don't have the set). I'll just point out that in an actual analysis, if you saw that no other damaging Flying-type move was included, you can just say "Supersonic Skystrike" without the "Brave Bird" part since there is no ambiguity. From the standards:
When referring to attacking Z-Moves, use their official names, e.g., "Supersonic Skystrike". Only specify the base move if there are multiple viable options and there is genuine ambiguity (e.g., "Heatran's Bloom Doom" and "Xurkitree's Gigavolt Havoc" are fine, since most everyone will understand Solar Beam and Thunderbolt are used as the base moves) and the power difference is relevant (e.g., "Manaphy's Hydro Vortex OHKOes Charmander" is fine, since this is true regardless of which base move is used). The base move should be specified as “Thunderbolt Gigavolt Havoc”.
  • "OHKOs" is the plural noun, while "OHKOes" is the verb, so here you want the latter.
  • The way "this" is used in the sentence implies that Crobat cannot run Black Sludge because of the fact that Supersonic Skystrike OHKOes Latias and Hydreigon after Stealth Rock. This, of course, is not the intended meaning; rather, we want to communicate that running Supersonic Skystrike is the reason Crobat cannot run Black Sludge. I would reword this to something like "...but running it means Crobat cannot run Black Sludge."
U-turn allows Crobat to utilise utilize (american spelling) its high Speed to pivot out of Flying resists Flying-resistant Pokemon that it has a bad match up into (RC) matchup against while keeping up momentum for its team.
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Taunt shuts down defensive Pokemon such as Blissey and Alomomola (RC) and supports Crobat’s Crobat's team, (AC) as it means opponents foes such as Hippowdon cannot setup setup entry hazards .
  • Similar to an earlier sentence, there is a repeated "and" here that can be fixed with a "while" clause: "...such as Blissey and Alomomola while supporting Crobat's team...."
  • Based on some fiddling around with the tool, I inferred that you actually typed "set up entry hazards." into the New Box, but due to some formatting issues with the tool, it showed up as "setup entry hazards ." What you typed into the New Box is exactly correct, but sometimes the tool has small errors like this when it comes to extra spaces being added or removed. It's always best practice to double-check every change that you make using the tool to make sure it's formatted correctly. If the tool doesn't do it correctly, you should paste what the tool gives you into the forum post window on Smogon, then change it in there before posting.
  • Just like in the sentence with Supersonic Skystrike and Black Sludge, there is an issue with using "means" here, foes not setting up entry hazards is not the definition of Taunt, so it's not quite the right nuance here. Instead, you could say something like "...as it prevents foes such as Hippowdon from setting up entry hazards."

Overall, it's great to see your improvement from your first workshop! In particular, you cut down significantly on lateral changes, which is amazing to see. The issues of repeated "and" and improper use of "means" came up a couple times in this workshop, so I'd suggest trying to pay very close attention to these in your checks. The former especially can sometimes be difficult to notice, so it can sometimes help to read every sentence out loud as you're doing your check (if you can, of course; not suggesting you do this in a public setting lol) to make sure that there isn't any repetition or other error you've missed. Feel free to try another beginner workshop when you're ready!
 
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Psychic Noise helps Reuniclus against into bulkier opponents foes with recovery, (AC) as it can disrupt Dudunsparce (RC) and Wish users like Vaporeon. Psyshock means Reuniclus can easily beat Offensive Calm Mind set up set-up sweepers like Articuno-Galar Galarian Articuno. Focus Blast targets the Steel- and Dark Types Dark-types add hyphen, remove capitalization like Copperajah, Duraludon, (AC) and or Incineroar who would take a Psychic Type Psychic-type add hyphen, remove capitalization attack. (AP) but began a new sentence to cut down on wordiness Tera Blast Fairy can be used to have a reliable attack into Scrafty, Goodra, (AC) and Flygon. Tera Fairy maintains Reuniclus's Fighting resist resistance, while allowing it to take Knock Off and U-turn from opponents foes such as Incineroar, Gligar, (AC) and or Heracross.

I believe I've done all of the beginner exercises :D
 
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Cloyster fits on hyper offense teams with strong wall breakers wallbreakers and set up setup sweepers. It struggles to break through bulky Water types Water-types and other Ice resists Ice-resistant Pokemon, (AC) since it lacks coverage; Serperior is a teammate that can handle them (RC) while also pressuring opponents foes with Leaf Storm. Cloyster also has a bad matchup into against Infernape and Breloom, (AC) as they have access to super-effective priortiy super effective priority moves in Vacuum Wave and Mach Punch. Defoggers like Altaria-Mega Mega Altaria, Hydreigon, (AC) and or Gliscor help Cloyster, (AC) as it is vulnerable to Stealth Rocks Rock and it can’t can't (ascii apostrophe) switch in often.

- for the highlighted sentences i didn't want to make lateral changes here but they read to me as very clunky and sounded out of place, this is the authors own wording and i didn't want to change their voice, but how would i go about it?
 
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Choice Specs Primarina is a very potent early- to mid game mid-game wallbreaker which that can soften foes up for a teammate to clean in the late game late-game, (AC) as its Water + Fairy-type / Fairy typing gives it unresisted coverage into against almost all of the metagame with it’s its powerful STABs STAB moves. With Psychic Primarina has the ability to hit Poison-Types super-effectively. (RP) (dex info) Psychic helps remove the pressure that Poison-types like Tentacruel and Amoonguss put on Primarina. It’s Primarina's high SpAtk Special Attack allows it to even threaten some specially defensive walls such as Muk-Alola Alolan Muk since it 2HKOs Primarina 2HKOes it after Stealth Rocks however Rock chip damage. However, it struggles with bulky walls like Blissey, and so it appreciates strong physical wallbreakers, such as Heracross, to support it. Primarinas Primarina's slow Speed leaves it outran by common staples such as Mega Manectric or and Serperior, (AC) so pairing it with a Scarfer Choice Scarf user such as Hydreigon and or Infernape removes some of the pressure.
 
Skwovetboi
It's good to see that you're fixing some of the issues from your earlier workshops, but some of the issues are still persisting. I'd like to reiterate the importance of paying very close attention to both the feedback you receive from the GP Team as well as the errors in the workshop exercises themselves. Most of all, if you have any questions or concerns about the feedback, or if anything doesn't make sense, don't hesitate at all to send a message to me or another GP Team member to clarify. Where certain things have been covered in previous workshop feedbacks, I'll make a note of it so you can see the different types of sentences in which the rules apply.

Psychic Noise helps Reuniclus against into bulkier opponents foes with recovery, (AC) as it can disrupt Dudunsparce (RC) and Wish users like Vaporeon.
  • "Into" is not a synonym for "against," and when talking about matchups like in this sentence, "against" should be used. See a blue banana's note from your Cloyster workshop:
"Into" cannot be used as a synonym for "against." For this sentence, "into Infernape and Breloom" should be "against Infernape and Breloom."
Psyshock means Reuniclus can easily beat Offensive Calm Mind set up set-up sweepers like Articuno-Galar Galarian Articuno.
  • Set names are only capitalized in set titles, never in set comments, unless they are very specific well-known ones like "Extreme Killer Arceus." Here, "Offensive Calm Mind" is the name of a set. "Calm Mind" should still be capitalized because it's the name of a move, but "offensive" should not be capitalized in the set comments.
  • When setup is being used as a noun or as part of a compound noun (like "setup sweepers," as it is here), spell it as setup and not set-up. See a blue banana's note from your Cloyster workshop (in the context of "setup sweepers," same as this sentence) and my note from your Slither Wing workshop (in the context of "setup fodder"):
The verb "set up" should be changed to the noun "setup." "Set-up" would be the adjective form.

"Set up" is a verb. When it is used as a noun, as in this context before "fodder," it should be "setup."
  • There's a bit of an issue with using "means" here; it implies that the definition of Psyshock is Reuniclus easily beating offensive Calm Mind setup sweepers, which of course is not the case. It would be more accurate to say something like "Psyshock allows/lets Reuniclus easily beat offensive Calm Mind setup sweepers."
Focus Blast targets the Steel- and Dark Types Dark-types add hyphen, remove capitalization like Copperajah, Duraludon, (AC) and or Incineroar who would take a Psychic Type Psychic-type add hyphen, remove capitalization attack. (AP) but began a new sentence to cut down on wordiness Tera Blast Fairy can be used to have a reliable attack into Scrafty, Goodra, (AC) and Flygon.
  • We don't use "who" to refer to Pokemon, so it should be replaced with "that." See Rahul's note from your Ceruledge workshop:
You may not use the pronouns "who", "he", and "she" instead of "which", "that", and "it" to refer to Pokemon; stick with genderless pronouns.

according to this it would just be opponents that > opponents who
  • You should only split a sentence like this if it is an overlong sentence and you are doing it in a way that doesn't lose any information or nuance. This sentence does not have a very large amount of clauses stacked back-to-back to the point of being unreadable, so it doesn't really qualify as an overlong sentence (generally, you want to pay attention to the number of clauses rather than the word count when thinking about overlong sentences). More importantly, by removing the "but" conjunction, some nuance is lost: originally the sentence was framed as, "Focus Blast targets these Pokemon, but as an alternative, you can use Tera Blast Fairy to target these other Pokemon." Now, it simply reads as, "Focus Blast targets these Pokemon. Tera Blast Fairy targets these other Pokemon," and the idea of presenting them as alternatives to each other is lost.
  • I'd also like to reiterate my point from earlier that when referring to matchups (like "a reliable attack into Scrafty, Goodra, and Flygon"), we use "against" rather than "into."
Tera Fairy maintains Reuniclus's Fighting resist resistance, while allowing it to take Knock Off and U-turn from opponents foes such as Incineroar, Gligar, (AC) and or Heracross.
  • We only use a comma before "while" when it is used to show contrast, i.e. it means "whereas." There should be no comma when there is "while" followed by a verb form ending in "-ing." See autumn's note from your Tsareena workshop:
There also should not be a comma before 'while also'. The rule for using commas before 'while' is as follows:
  • Commas before 'while' are needed when it means 'whereas' / is showing contrast. If 'while' is used to mean 'at the same time as' (while also / while (verb)ing) then a comma isn't needed.
    • A phrase like 'while also' 'while still' 'while simultaneously' cannot show contrast because the definition of those words is along the lines of 'at the same time as'. Therefore, you do not use a comma before those phrases
    • The phrase 'while also [verb]ing' (so 'while being/while allowing/while preventing' etc etc) also cannot show contrast because the phrase in practice means 'while also being', which doesn't show contrast as explained in the point above.
In this case, using the words 'while also' means that it cannot mean whereas.


As I said up top, if you have any further confusions about anything I said, please reach out to me! I'm happy to chat over Smogon or Discord DMs to clear anything up.

skype
Nice work here!
Cloyster fits on hyper offense teams with strong wall breakers wallbreakers and set up setup sweepers.
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It struggles to break through bulky Water types Water-types and other Ice resists Ice-resistant Pokemon, (AC) since it lacks coverage; Serperior is a teammate that can handle them (RC) while also pressuring opponents foes with Leaf Storm.
  • Nice work with all the objective errors here! The word "also" isn't generally necessary in a "while" clause when used like this. It's not usually wrong to include it, either, but note that the following sentence has "also" near the beginning as well. Given that, you could make a prose change, removing "also" here for repetition.
Cloyster also has a bad matchup into against Infernape and Breloom, (AC) as they have access to super-effective priortiy super effective priority moves in Vacuum Wave and Mach Punch.
  • Technically, using "in" may imply that both Infernape and Breloom use both Vacuum Wave and Mach Punch (they do both learn both moves, but Breloom of course doesn't use Vacuum Wave). Rather, the intention here is to indicate that those are examples of the super effective priority moves, so replacing "in" with "like" or "such as" would clarify this.
Defoggers like Altaria-Mega Mega Altaria, Hydreigon, (AC) and or Gliscor help Cloyster, (AC) as it is vulnerable to Stealth Rocks Rock and it can’t can't (ascii apostrophe) switch in often.
  • Commas are required before a FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) conjunction when they precede an independent clause, so there should be a comma after "Stealth Rock."
  • Not a mistake but just wanted to shout out you catching the ASCII apostrophe issue, well played


This is a really good workshop! I definitely think you're ready to move on to the intermediate exercises, so feel free to take a crack at one of them when you're ready! As for the sentences you highlighted (don't worry, I didn't ignore that!), I'm interested in what specifically felt off to you about them. I'm happy to discuss in PMs if you'd like - even if there's nothing to change, it's good to address this now to make sure that you're approaching lateral changes the way GP intends.
 
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Choice Specs Primarina is a very potent early- to mid game mid-game wallbreaker which that can soften foes up for a teammate to clean in the late game late-game, (AC) as its Water + Fairy-type / Fairy typing gives it unresisted coverage into against almost all of the metagame with it’s its powerful STABs STAB moves.
mostly great changes according to standards but a couple of small things to note are
Always use a hyphen when using "early-game, mid-game, and late-game" to refer to the point in a battle when a Pokemon typically fights in a battle. However, avoid saying "early-to-mid-game", say "early- or mid-game" instead.
  • These words are adjectives and adverbs, not nouns; therefore, say "late-game", not "in the late-game."

With Psychic Primarina has the ability to hit Poison-Types super-effectively. (RP) (dex info) Psychic helps remove the pressure that Poison-types like Tentacruel and Amoonguss put on Primarina.
Removing this is not correct. It's not dex info because it's a part of explaining why Psychic is good on this particular set. Dex info would be something like Psychic has 90 Base Power for eg which isn't helping the reader understand anything new related to this set.

and when you do keep the sentence note that there needs to be a comma after "With Psychic" since it's an introductory phrase and we can combine the 2 sentences because they both are describing the same thing.

It’s Primarina's high SpAtk Special Attack allows it to even threaten some specially defensive walls such as Muk-Alola Alolan Muk since it 2HKOs Primarina 2HKOes it after Stealth Rocks however Rock chip damage.
Changing it's to Primarina's is fine but you can also make it "Its" since Primarina being the subject is implied.

Specially defensive walls -> special walls because defensive wall is redundant
this is because all walls are defensive by default so it's either a physical wall or special wall.
See how you removed the "bulky" walls in the next sentence, similar logic.

Good job on catching the error with "it 2HKOs it"
  • Commas should be used before ‘as’ and ‘since’ if they mean because; the word ‘because’ itself does not need this.

However, it struggles with bulky walls like Blissey, and so it appreciates strong physical wallbreakers, such as Heracross, to support it. Primarinas Primarina's slow Speed leaves it outran by common staples such as Mega Manectric or and Serperior, (AC) so pairing it with a Scarfer Choice Scarf user such as Hydreigon and or Infernape removes some of the pressure.
Good job on splitting the 'however' part of the sentence.

‘Slow speed’ is an error - Speed refers to the stat number, which can’t be slow, so something like low/poor works better

it would also be outrun > outran since you need a past participle after 'leaves it'

Common staples also redundant because all staples are common
 
First intermediate check! This was a lot, but I hope it reads well. I made two highlights just to show the GP checker a few areas I'm unsure about. TY!

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Chien Pao Chien-Pao (hyphenated mon)
appreciates Mandibuzz defogging away removing entry hazards with Defog (move names shouldn't be used as verbs) to prevent it from being worn down by hazards them. It Mandibuzz can also bring Chien Pao Chien-Pao in safely using a slow U-turn (RP) Mandibuzz and (combined these sentences to avoid repeating mandibuzz at the start of consecutive sentences) is a great switch in switch-in to Fighting Fighting-type attacks from enemies (would this be "foes"?) like Choice Scarf Sneasler and Choice Scarf Great Tusk, (AC) which Chien Pao Chien-Pao is extremely vulnerable to, as well as being capable of checking set up setup sweepers like Azumarill or and Scizor with Foul Play. In return, Chien-Pao deals with opponents foes like Sandy Shocks or and Baxcalibur which that can cause problems for Mandibuzz. Kingambit has impressive offensive synergy with Chien Pao Chien-Pao due to its Neutrality to Fairy-type, being able Fairy neutrality and ability to eliminate opponents Fairy-types like Hatterene with Iron Head (RC) and Choice Scarf Flutter Mane with Sucker Punch after rocks. In return Chien Pao Stealth Rock damage. Chien-Pao also hits threats to Kingambit (i would rephrase to "Pokemon that threaten Kingambit" for better clarity) like DD Dragon Dance Dragonite, Iron Treads, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, (AC) and defensive Gliscor.
 
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Chien Pao Chien-Pao (hyphenated mon) appreciates Mandibuzz defogging away removing entry hazards with Defog (move names shouldn't be used as verbs) to prevent it from being worn down by hazards them.
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It Mandibuzz can also bring Chien Pao Chien-Pao in safely using a slow U-turn (RP) Mandibuzz and (combined these sentences to avoid repeating mandibuzz at the start of consecutive sentences) is a great switch in switch-in to Fighting Fighting-type attacks from enemies (would this be "foes"?) like Choice Scarf Sneasler and Choice Scarf Great Tusk, (AC) which Chien Pao Chien-Pao is extremely vulnerable to, as well as being capable of checking set up setup sweepers like Azumarill or and Scizor with Foul Play.
  • Unfortunately, combining the sentences here kinda creates an overlong sentence because of how many different clauses there are (3 independent clauses with 1 dependent clause in the middle), and it's difficult to read all in one go. To address your concern about repeating "Mandibuzz," you could just start the second sentence with "it," since "it" would no longer be ambiguous due to Mandibuzz being the subject of the previous sentence.
  • From the Spelling and Grammar Standards, “enemy” and “opposing Pokemon” are also accepted fixes (in addition to "foe"), so you can leave that part as is.
In return, Chien-Pao deals with opponents foes like Sandy Shocks or and Baxcalibur which that can cause problems for Mandibuzz.
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Kingambit has impressive offensive synergy with Chien Pao Chien-Pao due to its Neutrality to Fairy-type, being able Fairy neutrality and ability to eliminate opponents Fairy-types like Hatterene with Iron Head (RC) and Choice Scarf Flutter Mane with Sucker Punch after rocks. In return Chien Pao Stealth Rock damage. Chien-Pao also hits threats to Kingambit (i would rephrase to "Pokemon that threaten Kingambit" for better clarity) like DD Dragon Dance Dragonite, Iron Treads, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, (AC) and defensive Gliscor.
(combining these sentences because some GP Tool weirdness has caused them to overlap)
  • Changing "opponents" to "Fairy-types" is a bit of a weird case. It's true that the two examples listed are indeed Fairy-types, and that's what the beginning of that sentence is about, but the least intrusive change would simply be to say "foes." This change to "Fairy-types," without the particular examples given, reads as if Kingambit eliminates Fairy-types in general with Iron Head (sure) and Sucker Punch (umm what) after Stealth Rock damage (and now we lose the generality of the claim). Given that slight weirdness and ambiguity, it's safer to just say "foes."
  • You don't need to add "damage" after "Stealth Rock," as that's implied. The main situation where you would need to add "damage" is when the analysis says "chip" while intending to say "chip damage" (often this comes up as "Stealth Rock chip [damage]," which may be why you associated the two).
  • The change from "In return" to "also" is a lateral change that actually loses a little bit of nuance, since "in return" specifically describes a synergistic benefit, whereas "also" merely indicates an additional benefit. You do need a comma after "return," but other than that, the sentence is grammatically correct and fine prose-wise with "In return," so we'd rather keep it that way to preserve the writer's voice.
  • I think the way you handled the potential clunkiness of "threats to Kingambit" was perfect. This is something that is not technically grammatically incorrect, so you shouldn't make a direct change. However, if you feel that it is clunky prose and you have a very specific alternative suggestion, it's a great opportunity to use a comment to indicate that (which is exactly what you did).


Overall, I think you handled the rise in difficulty to intermediate-level exercises quite well! Make sure to keep the earlier issues (from the beginner exercises) in mind as you work through these intermediate ones! I'll also reiterate the value of repeating the entire sentence back to yourself (whether it's out loud or in your head) once you've finished making changes; this helps catch things like the overlong sentence that you might have inadvertently created. And always make sure that you're making the least intrusive changes possible and preserving the writer's voice! As always, feel free to DM me with any questions or concerns!
 
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  • Unfortunately, combining the sentences here kinda creates an overlong sentence because of how many different clauses there are (3 independent clauses with 1 dependent clause in the middle), and it's difficult to read all in one go. To address your concern about repeating "Mandibuzz," you could just start the second sentence with "it," since "it" would no longer be ambiguous due to Mandibuzz being the subject of the previous sentence.
  • From the Spelling and Grammar Standards, “enemy” and “opposing Pokemon” are also accepted fixes (in addition to "foe"), so you can leave that part as is.

Perfect! No notes.

(combining these sentences because some GP Tool weirdness has caused them to overlap)
  • Changing "opponents" to "Fairy-types" is a bit of a weird case. It's true that the two examples listed are indeed Fairy-types, and that's what the beginning of that sentence is about, but the least intrusive change would simply be to say "foes." This change to "Fairy-types," without the particular examples given, reads as if Kingambit eliminates Fairy-types in general with Iron Head (sure) and Sucker Punch (umm what) after Stealth Rock damage (and now we lose the generality of the claim). Given that slight weirdness and ambiguity, it's safer to just say "foes."
  • You don't need to add "damage" after "Stealth Rock," as that's implied. The main situation where you would need to add "damage" is when the analysis says "chip" while intending to say "chip damage" (often this comes up as "Stealth Rock chip [damage]," which may be why you associated the two).
  • The change from "In return" to "also" is a lateral change that actually loses a little bit of nuance, since "in return" specifically describes a synergistic benefit, whereas "also" merely indicates an additional benefit. You do need a comma after "return," but other than that, the sentence is grammatically correct and fine prose-wise with "In return," so we'd rather keep it that way to preserve the writer's voice.
  • I think the way you handled the potential clunkiness of "threats to Kingambit" was perfect. This is something that is not technically grammatically incorrect, so you shouldn't make a direct change. However, if you feel that it is clunky prose and you have a very specific alternative suggestion, it's a great opportunity to use a comment to indicate that (which is exactly what you did).


Overall, I think you handled the rise in difficulty to intermediate-level exercises quite well! Make sure to keep the earlier issues (from the beginner exercises) in mind as you work through these intermediate ones! I'll also reiterate the value of repeating the entire sentence back to yourself (whether it's out loud or in your head) once you've finished making changes; this helps catch things like the overlong sentence that you might have inadvertently created. And always make sure that you're making the least intrusive changes possible and preserving the writer's voice! As always, feel free to DM me with any questions or concerns!
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Thanks to Tidy Up, (AC) Cinccino is the main enabler of hyper offense teams, letting them run many powerful hazard weak entry hazard-weak Pokemon such as Oricorio-Pa'u Oricorio-P, Arcanine, and Ninetales-Alola Alolan Ninetales. Knock Off lets Cinccino hit Ghost- and Psychic-types Types like Chandelure (RC) as well as Bronzong, an otherwise problematic wall. Encore allows Cincinno Cinccino to capitalize on passive foes which setup that set up hazards, boost their stats, or heal up, (AC) such as Gligar, Registeel, and Sylveon. Teammates like Diancie, Toxtricity, (AC) and Scyther can work alongside Cinccino to overwhelm shared Steel-type checks like Copperajah and Bronzong (RC); (ASC) however, (AC) Fire- Fires and Fightings Fighting-type teammates such as Chandelure, Tauros-Paldea-Aqua Paldean Tauros-W, and Heracross that easily beat work well by beating these same Steel-types work as well (was unsure how to put this into comment form to show you what i did here so, i rephrased this because the original placement of "that easily beat these same Steel-types" kinda read as though it only applied to heracross, i added "teammates" to clarify the noun and moved the steel-type explanation so it applies to the full list while preserving the author's wording as much as possible, i tired to avoid making too much of a lateral change here). Grassy Terrain teams also heavily benefit from Cinccinos presence Cinccino's presece, since it lets the Oricorio forms formes, Grafaiai, and Arcanine switch-in switch in without having to take chip damage from hazards.
 
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Thanks to Tidy Up, (AC) Cinccino is the main enabler of hyper offense teams, letting them run many powerful hazard weak entry hazard-weak Pokemon such as Oricorio-Pa'u Oricorio-P, Arcanine, and Ninetales-Alola Alolan Ninetales. Knock Off lets Cinccino hit Ghost- and Psychic-types Types like Chandelure (RC) as well as Bronzong, an otherwise problematic wall. Encore allows Cincinno Cinccino to capitalize on passive foes which setup that set up hazards, boost their stats, or heal up, (AC) such as Gligar, Registeel, and Sylveon.
one thing to note here is the change adding psychic types was not needed because it goes from “hits ghosts as well as zong” to “hits ghosts and psychics as well as zong” so having it separated in the original is changed a bit.

it's better read as (Ghost-types like Chandelure)+Bronzong
if QC wanted to mention other psychics they would do it, as gp team we try not to change content.

Teammates like Diancie, Toxtricity, (AC) and Scyther can work alongside Cinccino to overwhelm shared Steel-type checks like Copperajah and Bronzong (RC); (ASC) however, (AC) Fire- Fires and Fightings Fighting-type teammates such as Chandelure, Tauros-Paldea-Aqua Paldean Tauros-W, and Heracross that easily beat work well by beating these same Steel-types work as well
ok so great works on the commas and semicolon
now about your explanation , that was not a necessary change

however, (AC) Fire- Fires and Fightings Fighting-types such as Chandelure, Tauros-Paldea-Aqua Paldean Tauros-W, and Heracross that easily beat these same Steel-types work as well.

let's isolate this here and look at why the explanation doesn't work

X-types such as list (a,b,c) THAT easily beat...
so "that..." already modifies the whole phrase. If this is confusing try removing the examples completely.
It would be X and Y that easily beat Steel-types work as well. So just because you add an example list does not make it so that only the last item (Heracross in this case) gets modified. it's one entity.

and which is also why the original had "beat" because it modifies the whole phrase, if it was just for Heracross then it would have to be "Heracross beats x"

Grassy Terrain teams also heavily benefit from Cinccinos presence Cinccino's presece, since it lets the Oricorio forms formes, Grafaiai, and Arcanine switch-in switch in without having to take chip damage from hazards.
yepp got em all.
edit: i lied, just noticed the spelling mistake on presece lol
 
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Black Glasses and Tera Dark should exclusively be used with Kowtow Cleave, (AC) as these enhance Kingambit's offensive pressure; with 5 five Supreme Overlord boosts, Kingambit can reach achieve (reach is more so for speed benchmarks) feats like 2HKOing Dondozo with Kowtow Cleave and 1HKOing Walking-Wake OHKOing Walking Wake and, (AC) at +2, (AC + could we not put "and, after a Swords Dance boost..." instead of at +2?) Dragonite through Multiscale with Sucker Punch. Air Balloon allows Kingambit to setup set up on would be would-be checks in like Landorus-T and most Great Tusks Tusk, become a sturdy switch in switch-in to offense offensive threats like Kyurem, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite who that rely on their Ground-type coverage to hit it, and gain an immunity to Spikes, (AC) which limit that limits Kingambit before it gets going. (while this sentence is grammatically correct, it is fairly long and covers three separate air balloon benefits, so it may be worth splitting) Kingambits Kingambit's late-game potential and defensive utility in the late game make it a nearly (confused to as what a nearly staple is? it either is or isn't and if it wasn't youd mention why...) staple on offensive archetypes from bulky offense to hyper offense while still fitting on balance. (this sentence kinds reads as fluff regardless, this is all great info but like what does that have to do with anything previously said and said right after? this reads more like Overview stuff, and the way this whole paragraph worded makes me think its SET COMMENTS, this should be like tied more directly to the following teammates or removed?) Physical teammates like Ogerpon-Wellspring Ogerpon-W, Zamazenta, and Swords Dance Iron Valiant can overwhelm shared checks like Zanazenta Zamazenta, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, and Dondozo. Dark Type Dark-type offensive threat threats in Darkrai (RC) and Samurott-Hisui Hisuian Samurott form a Darkspam core with Kingambit to overwhelm Dark resists Dark-resistant Pokemon like Zamazenta and Tera Fairy users like Gholdemgo Gholdengo and Moltres together.
 
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Black Glasses and Tera Dark should exclusively be used with Kowtow Cleave, (AC) as these enhance Kingambit's offensive pressure; with 5 five Supreme Overlord boosts, Kingambit can reach achieve (reach is more so for speed benchmarks) feats like 2HKOing Dondozo with Kowtow Cleave and 1HKOing Walking-Wake OHKOing Walking Wake and, (AC) at +2, (AC + could we not put "and, after a Swords Dance boost..." instead of at +2?) Dragonite through Multiscale with Sucker Punch.
Got all the objective errors, well done.
- "reach" is acceptable terminology for both Speed benchmarks and for feats in general.

- While "and, after a Swords Dance boost-" would be acceptable in substitute of +2, +2 is also grammatically acceptable and indicated by the set, so no need for the change.

Air Balloon allows Kingambit to setup set up on would be would-be checks in like Landorus-T and most Great Tusks Tusk, become a sturdy switch in switch-in to offense offensive threats like Kyurem, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite who that rely on their Ground-type coverage to hit it, and gain an immunity to Spikes, (AC) which limit that limits Kingambit before it gets going. (while this sentence is grammatically correct, it is fairly long and covers three separate air balloon benefits, so it may be worth splitting)

- "in" is an acceptable introductory construction to lists. While not typical, it's not uncommon in journalism and the like. As long as the contents of the list are part of the category (in this case, "would-be checks" and "Landorus-T and most Great Tusk," "in" is acceptable to introduce them.

- While very long, there is an intended change that solves the issue for this list: changing it into a semicolon list. This is mentioned in the beginner notes:
  • Use semicolons in a list to separate list items if one or more of the list items has a comma. This uses the structure to make it clear where the main list starts and ends, using semicolons for that and keeping commas for any sublists (Fire-types like Charizard; Grass-types like Venusaur, Meganium, and Sceptile; and Water-types like Blastoise)

    So the corrected list would be:
    Air Balloon allows Kingambit to set up on would-be checks like Landorus-T and most Great Tusk; become a sturdy switch-in to offensive threats like Kyurem, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite that rely on Ground-type coverage to hit it; and gain an immunity to Spikes, which limit Kingambit before it gets going.
Kingambits Kingambit's late-game potential and defensive utility in the late game make it a nearly (confused to as what a nearly staple is? it either is or isn't and if it wasn't youd mention why...) staple on offensive archetypes from bulky offense to hyper offense while still fitting on balance. (this sentence kinds reads as fluff regardless, this is all great info but like what does that have to do with anything previously said and said right after? this reads more like Overview stuff, and the way this whole paragraph worded makes me think its SET COMMENTS, this should be like tied more directly to the following teammates or removed?)
- "in the" could be considered fluff, but moving "late-game" before "potential and defensive utility" is slightly more intrusive of a change than leaving it there. "potential and defensive utility late-game" is grammatically acceptable as-is.

- "nearly staple" should be "near staple," but this has already gone through QC. While I agree a limiting factor should be explained in order for it to be mentioned as "nearly staple," this would be a case to leave a comment for the writer and not a case for removal.

Physical teammates like Ogerpon-Wellspring Ogerpon-W, Zamazenta, and Swords Dance Iron Valiant can overwhelm shared checks like Zanazenta Zamazenta, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, and Dondozo.
- Perfectly done, good work.

Dark Type Dark-type offensive threat threats in Darkrai (RC) and Samurott-Hisui Hisuian Samurott form a Darkspam core with Kingambit to overwhelm Dark resists Dark-resistant Pokemon like Zamazenta and Tera Fairy users like Gholdemgo Gholdengo and Moltres together.
Excellent work, especially on "together."

- You changed "in" here but not in the Air Balloon sentence. Why there and not here?

- "Darkspam" should be "Dark-type spam," as this isn't a coined phrase; thus, it should be fully written out.

- "Dark-type offensive threats" and "Dark-type spam" are in very close proximity, so the "Dark-type" before "offensive threats" could be cut because "Dark-type spam core" already indicates they're Dark-types.

- Between the Dark-resistant and the Tera Fairy lists, the construction "like... and" is used twice in very close proximity, so one could make a repetition change if desired.

While both the above changes would help with prose, nobody will get you over either of the above two changes unless they're nitpicking though, so don't worry too much about them. Objective errors are still priority, this is just stuff to hit if you see it.
 
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appreciates Mandibuzz defogging away entry hazards to prevent it from being worn down by hazards. It can also bring Chien Pao Chien-Pao add hyphen in safely by using a slow U-turn. Mandibuzz is a great switch in switch-in to Fighting Fighting-type attacks from enemies like Choice Scarf Sneasler and Choice Scarf Great Tusk, (AC) which Chien Pao Chien-Pao add hyphen is extremely vulnerable to, as well as being capable of checking set up setup remove space sweepers like Azumarill or and Scizor with Foul Play. In return, Chien-Pao deals with opponents foes like Sandy Shocks or and Baxcalibur, (AC) which can cause problems for Mandibuzz. Kingambit has impressive offensive synergy with Chien Pao Chien-Pao add hyphen due to its neutrality to Fairy-type, being able to eliminate opponents like Hatterene with Iron Head (RC) and Scarf Flutter Mane with Sucker Punch after rocks Stealth Rock. In return, (AC) Chien-Pao Chien Pao add hyphen hits threats to Kingambit like DD Dragon Dance Dragonite, Iron Treads, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T and Defensive Gliscor.
 
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Chien Pao Chien-Pao add hyphen appreciates Mandibuzz defogging away entry hazards to prevent it from being worn down by hazards.
Do not use move names as verbs (e.g. “it can pivot out with U-turn” instead of “it can U-turn out”).
So here, we would change it to something like "removing entry hazards with Defog"

the last "hazards" is also a repetition so we can change to it "them"

It can also bring Chien Pao Chien-Pao add hyphen in safely by using a slow U-turn. Mandibuzz is a great switch in switch-in to Fighting Fighting-type attacks from enemies like Choice Scarf Sneasler and Choice Scarf Great Tusk, (AC) which Chien Pao Chien-Pao add hyphen is extremely vulnerable to, as well as being capable of checking set up setup remove space sweepers like Azumarill or and Scizor with Foul Play.
saying "safely using slow U-turn" is correct grammatically so adding "by" is not necessary

In return, Chien-Pao deals with opponents foes like Sandy Shocks or and Baxcalibur, (AC) which can cause problems for Mandibuzz.
it should be that > which
  • Which clauses are used when the sentence is non-restrictive, meaning that the part of the sentence in the 'which' clause applies to every potential example with no restrictions or exceptions.

  • 'That' clauses are restrictive and don't need a comma before them. The 'that' part of the sentence is essential for the rest of the sentence to make sense and communicate an idea.

for more information refer to the "Which vs That" section of beginner notes


Kingambit has impressive offensive synergy with Chien Pao Chien-Pao add hyphen due to its neutrality to Fairy-type, being able to eliminate opponents like Hatterene with Iron Head (RC) and Scarf Flutter Mane with Sucker Punch after rocks Stealth Rock.
it should be either "Fairy-type moves" or "Fairy neutrality" (similar to x resistance or immunity). This is because Kingambit is not neutral to the entire type itself but instead to the attacks of that type.

also Choice Scarf Flutter Mane, you caught it in the previous sentence but missed it here.

In return, (AC) Chien-Pao Chien Pao add hyphen hits threats to Kingambit like DD Dragon Dance Dragonite, Iron Treads, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T and Defensive Gliscor.
it should be "defensive" (lowercase) because it's talking about the set
 
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Chien Pao Chien-Pao
appreciates Mandibuzz defogging away removing entry hazards with Defog to prevent it from being worn down by hazards. It can also bring Chien Pao Chien-Pao in safely using a slow U-turn. Mandibuzz is a great switch in switch-in to Fighting Fighting-type attacks from enemies like Choice Scarf Sneasler and Choice Scarf Great Tusk, (AC) which Chien Pao Chien-Pao is extremely vulnerable to, as well as being capable of checking set up setup sweepers like Azumarill or and Scizor with Foul Play. In return, Chien-Pao deals with opponents foes like Sandy Shocks or and Baxcalibur which that can cause problems for Mandibuzz. Kingambit has impressive offensive synergy with Chien Pao Chien-Pao due to its neutrality to Fairy-type attacks, being able to eliminate opponents like Hatterene with Iron Head, and Choice Scarf Flutter Mane with Sucker Punch after rocks Stealth Rock. In return, (AC) Chien-Pao Chien Pao hits threats to Kingambit like DD Dragon Dance Dragonite, Iron Treads, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T and defensive Gliscor.
 
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very solid work, great job!! just a couple small things to keep in mind for future checks:
to prevent it from being worn down by hazards.
i figure you made this deletion to prevent repetition of "hazards" but a less intrusive change would be to change it to "...by them" instead

Kingambit has impressive offensive synergy with Chien Pao Chien-Pao due to its neutrality to Fairy-type attacks, being able to eliminate opponents like Hatterene with Iron Head, and Choice Scarf Flutter Mane with Sucker Punch after rocks Stealth Rock.
good catches wrt "...neutrality to Fairy-type attacks" as well as Choice Scarf Flutter Mane! there are a couple things to address here: firstly,
being able to eliminate opponents like Hatterene
here, "opponents" is being used to refer to opposing Pokemon. per the standards, opponent = the opposing player, and shouldnt be used to refer to Pokemon. so you will need to change it to "foes" here

secondly,
being able to eliminate opponents like Hatterene with Iron Head, and Choice Scarf Flutter Mane with Sucker Punch after rocks Stealth Rock.
the comma after "Iron Head" isn't needed since this is a list of two items only

threats to Kingambit like DD Dragon Dance Dragonite, Iron Treads, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T and defensive Gliscor.
Smogon uses the Oxford comma, so there should be a comma right before "and" here (this list consists of three or more items)
 
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Slither-Wing Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which uses it's its interesting unique type typing, serviceable bulk and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom or and Kingambit. U-Turn generates momentum for Slither-Wing's team against mons Pokemon such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge (mention that these are switch-ins/checks?), and it importantly allows Slither-Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle. Close Combat OHKOs OHKOes Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu, and 2HKOs 2HKOes Miraidon, which Body Press cannot do. Will-o-Wisp's Burn stops the Pokemon Slither-Wing Slither Wing checks from using it as set up setup fodder, it also punishes opponents such as while also punishing Toxapex or Corviknight for switching in. Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing Slither Wing for 50% of its health, helping it to consistently switch into Great Tusk (modify to a category/"the Pokemon it checks"/"physical attackers"). Tera Water provides a resistance to Fire type Fire-type attacks from Koraidon and Chi-Yu and Water type Water-type attacks from Iron Bundle and Palafin, allowing for a last ditch last-ditch counterattack against these Pokemon. 168 speed EVs out speed are used to outspeed adamant Adamant Breloom, and the rest are dumped into physical bulk.
 
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Hello, it's great to see a new person interested in GP checking! Please make sure to read through the OP in this thread, as it contains some important information related to this workshop as well as amchecking as a whole. This Slither Wing workshop is an Intermediate-level exercise, but as you can see in the OP (just above the exercises), we ask you to start from the Beginner-level exercises if it's your first time posting here. I'll give you feedback for this exercise, but please do one of the Beginner-level exercises next.

Also linked in the OP is the GP Formatting Tool (guide here), which should make it much easier for you to get these checks done because it will automatically format things the correct way for you.

Finally, in addition to the Spelling and Grammar Standards, we have a GP Beginner Notes document that provides some more tips related to GP checking. I'll be referring to these throughout my feedback. There are some more resources in the OP that I haven't mentioned here, so definitely look through that!

Slither-Wing Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot which uses it's its interesting unique type typing, serviceable bulk and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom or and Kingambit.
  • Changing 'interesting' to 'unique' is an example of what we call a lateral change, and these should be avoided. From the 'How to Approach Prose' section of the Beginner Notes:
  • Don’t Make Content Changes:GP should never add or change the content in an analysis.
    • Content is already approved by QC teams before we come in, so us as non-metagame experts coming in and making changes to what’s being said could introduce wrong information into the text.
    • We want to take content at face value, so you don’t need to review what’s being said.
    • If you do have questions / comments on content, however, leave a comment for the writer to address without making any direct changes; a direct add/remove can often get blindly implemented whereas a comment needs to be more critically considered.
  • Preserve Voice: We want to preserve as much of the original writer’s voice as possible.
    • This likely differs from other writing and editing advice where efficiency comes first, but in Smogon’s case, voice is valued more.
    • Writers are often interested in contributing to get their own words on-site, so us heavily rewriting them when there’s no real need can be discouraging.
  • Don’t Make Lateral Changes: A lateral change is a change from one correct word/phrase -> a second correct word/phrase that doesn’t have a prose justification and is made based on preference / 'this sounds better.' This introduces a lateral change.
    • You want to make sure you're checking what's in the analysis and not what you'd personally write if this was your own analysis.
    • If you can’t justify a change, it’s likely more of a personal preference; in GP, we want to put the writer’s preferences first.
  • There isn't a grammar or prose issue with saying 'interesting typing,' so we shouldn't be changing the adjective like that. This takes away from the original writer's voice unnecessarily.
  • The words 'interesting' and 'unique' don't mean the same thing, so this amounts to changing the content of the analysis, which we should not be doing.
  • It might be fair to think that a better adjective than 'interesting' could be used, but a suggestion like that is best left as a comment rather than a direct change.
  • The lists in this sentence are missing the Oxford comma. From the 'Commas' section of the Beginner Notes: Smogon uses the serial / Oxford comma, meaning a comma before ‘and’ in a list of three or more.
    • There are two lists in this sentence. The first is 'interesting typing, serviceable bulk and reliable recovery.' The second is 'Great Tusk, Breloom and Kingambit.' Both of these lists require an Oxford comma before the 'and.'
  • The usage of 'which' is incorrect in this sentence. From the 'Which vs That' section of the Beginner Notes:
  • Which clauses are used when the sentence is non-restrictive, meaning that the part of the sentence in the 'which' clause applies to every potential example with no restrictions or exceptions.
  • In a sentence with a ‘which’ clause, you can remove the 'which' clause and the sentence both still makes sense grammatically and holds the same meaning; you should be able to cut it out of the sentence entirely with the original idea staying the same. If this doesn’t work, then a ‘which’ clause isn’t correct.
  • 'That' clauses are restrictive and don't need a comma before them. The 'that' part of the sentence is essential for the rest of the sentence to make sense and communicate an idea.
  • No part of a sentence using 'that' is removable.
  • In sentences with examples, the part of the sentence after ‘that’ only applies to some examples and not all possible examples.
  • In this sentence, the 'which' clause is the rest of the sentence after 'pivot,' and it's describing the category of 'niche defensive pivot.' But not every niche defensive pivot 'uses its interesting typing, serviceable bulk, and reliable recovery in Morning Sun to check attackers like Great Tusk, Breloom, and Kingambit,' so the first bullet point is not satisfied.
  • If you removed the clause, the sentence would simply read, 'Slither Wing is a niche defensive pivot,' which loses a lot of information, so the second bullet point is not satisfied.
  • Since the rest of the sentence is essential to communicate the idea, we should use a 'that' clause instead, so 'which' should be replaced with 'that.'

U-Turn generates momentum for Slither-Wing's team against mons Pokemon such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge (mention that these are switch-ins/checks?), and it importantly allows Slither-Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle.
  • The move is formatted 'U-turn,' not 'U-Turn.' You can always cross-reference things like this on the Smogon Strategy Pokédex or the Pokémon Showdown! Teambuilder.
  • You caught this in the first sentence, but both instances of 'Slither-Wing' here should be 'Slither Wing.'
  • Removing 'importantly' constitutes a lateral content change, as doing so removes the writer's emphasis on the second part of the sentence (avoiding being trapped by Gothitelle). Recall that we want to preserve the writer's voice as much as possible, so it should be kept in.
  • The original sentence, with the other changes made, would read, 'U-turn generates momentum for Slither Wing's team against Pokemon such as Flutter Mane and Skeledirge and it importantly allows Slither Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle.' This sentence has a comma issue:
  • When a FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) conjunction is followed by an independent clause (meaning that the clause can stand on its own as a grammatically correct sentence without depending on the other parts of the sentence to make sense), there must be a comma before the conjunction.
  • When a FANBOYS conjunction is followed by a dependent clause (meaning that the clause cannot stand on its own as a grammatically correct sentence), there must not be a comma before the conjunction.
  • In this sentence, 'it importantly allows Slither Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle' is an independent clause, but there is no comma before the 'and,' so you can fix this by adding a comma there.
  • You did add a comma before the 'and,' but you also removed the 'it.' This turns the clause into 'importantly allows Slither Wing to avoid being trapped by Gothitelle,' which is now a dependent clause rather than an independent one. This turns the sentence from something that violates the first bullet point to something that violates the second bullet point. You should either add the comma or turn the clause into a dependent one, but not both.
  • I also wanted to note that you added a comma after 'Skeledirge' but did not indicate it as an addition. These kinds of changes are easy for a writer to miss if not highlighted. If you use the GP Formatting Tool, this will automatically be done for you.

Close Combat OHKOs OHKOes Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu, and 2HKOs 2HKOes Miraidon, which Body Press cannot do.
  • As in the last sentence, you added a comma after 'Chi-Yu' here but did not indicate it as an addition.
  • The clause '2HKOes Miraidon, which Body Press cannot do' is a dependent clause, so there shouldn't be a comma before 'and' anyway.
  • You're correct to add a comma after 'Miraidon,' but writers will often miss individual punctuation marks that you've suggested adding, even if you highlight them in your add color. You should use a comment to emphasize when you suggest to add a comma, like so: 'Close Combat OHKOes Iron Bundle and Chi-Yu and 2HKOes Miraidon, (AC) which Body Press cannot do.' Here, AC stands for 'add comma,' and we have similar acronyms for periods and semicolons. If you use the GP Formatting Tool, these comments will automatically be added for you.

Will-o-Wisp's Burn stops the Pokemon Slither-Wing Slither Wing checks from using it as set up setup fodder, it also punishes opponents such as while also punishing Toxapex or Corviknight for switching in.
  • The move is formatted 'Will-O-Wisp,' not 'Will-o-Wisp.'
  • From the Standards: status effects (paralysis, sleep, etc.) are not capitalized.
    • Burn is a status effect and should not be capitalized.
  • You shouldn't use a comma before 'while also.' From the 'Commas' section of the Beginner Notes:
  • Commas before 'while' are needed when it means 'whereas' / is showing contrast. If 'while' is used to mean 'at the same time as' (while also / while (verb)ing) then a comma isn't needed.
    • A phrase like 'while also' 'while still' 'while simultaneously' cannot show contrast because the definition of those words is along the lines of 'at the same time as.' Therefore, you do not use a comma before those phrases.
  • The second part of this sentence does need a change, but your change to 'while also' is not the least intrusive one (the previous point about commas notwithstanding). From the 'How to Approach Prose' section of the Beginner Notes:
  • Make the Least Intrusive Change: Make the change that preserves as much of the original wording as possible.
    • Prose editing is more subjective than fixing grammar errors, so there are often multiple options to fix the same error; some of these are more intrusive than others.
    • A good edit involves making the change that preserves as much as possible to maintain voice.
    • For example, if one word is repeated, you would want to change that single word instead of rewriting the whole sentence because that's more intrusive.
  • The issue here is a comma splice, which is when two independent clauses are solely connected by a comma. This can simply be fixed by replacing the comma with a semicolon.
  • Also, 'opponents' should be 'foes.' From the Standards: 'Foe' refers to the opposing Pokemon, not the opposing battler. Similarly, 'opponent' refers to the opposing battler, not the opposing Pokemon.
  • Finally, it should be 'Toxapex and Corviknight,' not 'Toxapex or Corviknight.' These are supposed to be examples of 'foes,' which is plural, whereas 'Toxapex or Corviknight' is singular. These don't match, so the list needs to be made plural using 'and.'
  • In addition to not preserving the original writer's voice, you change the meaning of this sentence by removing the 'such as' structure. Now, Toxapex and Corviknight are the only (relevant) Pokemon that are punished by Will-O-Wisp for switching in. However, the original sentence is clearly trying to communicate that there are more Pokemon this applies to, and Toxapex and Corviknight are just two examples. This nuance is lost by removing 'foes such as.'

Morning Sun heals Slither-Wing Slither Wing for 50% of its health, helping it to consistently switch into Great Tusk (modify to a category/"the Pokemon it checks"/"physical attackers").
  • The first part of this sentence contains dex info. From the 'Dex Info' section of the Beginner Notes:
  • Dex info is basic information about the game that can be found elsewhere on the dex / on Google (such as the type chart, what moves / items / abilities do etc). You can treat it like a dictionary definition. It takes up space for something that doesn't need to be explained and can get in the way of the key point of the sentence, the 'so what' of why something is being run.
  • Smogon analyses aim to elevate the basic ‘what does a move do’ to relate it to our specific tiers. You can Google Flamethrower’s Base Power, but you can’t Google what Flamethrower hits in a specific Smogon tier, and that’s where our niche comes in.
  • You should remove dex info if it’s not relevant to the point / ‘so what’ of a sentence.
  • The fact that 'Morning Sun heals Slither Wing for 50% of its health,' or even just that 'Morning Sun heals Slither Wing' at all, is dex info. You can find this information by simply looking at the description of the move on Smogon.
  • You can remove this by turning the sentence into 'Morning Sun helps Slither Wing consistently switch into Great Tusk.'

Tera Water provides a resistance to Fire type Fire-type attacks from Koraidon and Chi-Yu and Water type Water-type attacks from Iron Bundle and Palafin, allowing for a last ditch last-ditch counterattack against these Pokemon.
  • You correctly removed the comma after 'Chi-Yu,' but you should include a comment (RC) so that the writer notices this. Similarly, there should be a comment (AC) following the comma you added after 'Palafin.' Again, the GP Formatting Tool will do these for you.
  • The 'against these Pokemon' part is not really needed and is a lateral change. Given the context of the rest of this sentence, it's already implied that the last-ditch counterattack would be against the Pokemon that are mentioned in the sentence.
  • The repetition of 'and' ('...from Koraidon and Chi-Yu and Water-type attacks...') can be somewhat jarring for the reader, causing them to re-read the sentence to properly understand it. This can be fixed using 'as well as': '...from Koraidon and Chi-Yu as well as Water-type attacks...."

168 speed EVs out speed are used to outspeed adamant Adamant Breloom, and the rest are dumped into physical bulk.
  • From the Standards: stats (Attack, Special Defense, etc.) are capitalized.
    • Speed is a stat, so it should be capitalized.
  • You correctly added a comma after 'Breloom' but did not indicate it using your addition color. One more shameless plug for the GP Formatting Tool.


I hope this feedback was helpful! I know it's a lot, but it's understandable given that it was your first attempt at a workshop exercise. I advise you to look over this feedback as well as the Spelling and Grammar Standards and GP Beginner Notes document (and the other links in the OP of this thread), then familiarize yourself with the GP Formatting Tool and take a stab at one of our Beginner-level exercises! Feel free to PM me here or on Discord if you have any questions!
 
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Black Glasses and Tera Dark should exclusively be used with Kowtow Cleave, (AC) as these enhance Kingambit's offensive pressure; with 5 five Supreme Overlord boosts, Kingambit can reach attain feats like 2HKOing Dondozo with Kowtow Cleave, (AC) OHKOing Walking Wake, (AC) and 1HKOing Walking-Wake and at +2 after a Swords Dance boost, it can also OHKO Dragonite through Multiscale with Sucker Punch. Air Balloon allows Kingambit to setup set up on would be would-be checks in Landorus-T and most Great Tusks (RC) Tusk; (ASC) become a sturdy switch in switch-in to offense offensive threats like Kyurem, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite who that rely on their Ground-type coverage to hit it (RC); (ASC) and gain an immunity to Spikes that limits Kingambit before it gets going. Kingambits Kingambit's potential and defensive utility in the late game late-game make it a nearly near staple on offensive archetypes from bulky to hyper offense while still fitting on balance. Physical teammates like Ogerpon-Wellspring Ogerpon-W, Zamazenta, and Swords Dance Iron Valiant can overwhelm shared checks like Zanazenta Zamazenta, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, and Dondozo. Dark Type Dark-type offensive threat threats in Darkrai (RC) and Samurott-Hisui Hisuian Samurott form a Darkspam Dark-type core with Kingambit to overwhelm Dark resists Dark-resistant Pokemon like Zamazenta and Tera Fairy users like Gholdemgo Gholdengo and Moltres together (I feel like together here is just confusing, maybe I'm wrong?).

This one had a lot going on, I'm not 100% sure if all my fixes were correct, but hopefully I did okay!
 
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Black Glasses and Tera Dark should exclusively be used with Kowtow Cleave, (AC) as these enhance Kingambit's offensive pressure; with 5 five Supreme Overlord boosts, Kingambit can reach attain feats like 2HKOing Dondozo with Kowtow Cleave, (AC) OHKOing Walking Wake, (AC) and 1HKOing Walking-Wake and at +2 after a Swords Dance boost, it can also OHKO Dragonite through Multiscale with Sucker Punch.
- "at +2" already implied "Swords Dance boost" given that the set would have Swords Dance on it. In the case that a Pokemon has two sources of boosting (for example, Kartana with Beast Boost and Swords Dance), you could ask for clarification. ("after a boost, Kartana can...")

- "it can also OHKO" is an unnecessary addition as it logically follows "OHKOing Walking Wake, and..." carrying the verb.
Air Balloon allows Kingambit to setup set up on would be would-be checks in Landorus-T and most Great Tusks (RC) Tusk; (ASC) become a sturdy switch in switch-in to offense offensive threats like Kyurem, Roaring Moon, and Dragonite who that rely on their Ground-type coverage to hit it (RC); (ASC) and gain an immunity to Spikes that limits Kingambit before it gets going.
- Good work on the semicolon list.

- "that" should be replaced with "which" here, as "that limits" could be applying to the "immunity to Spikes," which clearly doesn't limit Kingambit. What you're actually trying to apply it too is "Spikes," so "gain an immunity to Spikes, which limit..." is the ideal change. This is in the GP Beginner Doc under "Which vs. That".
Kingambits Kingambit's potential and defensive utility in the late game late-game make it a nearly near staple on offensive archetypes from bulky to hyper offense while still fitting on balance.
- "bulky" should be replaced with "bulky offense." It's often better to directly spell out the archetypes. Otherwise, no other changes. Good work.
Physical teammates like Ogerpon-Wellspring Ogerpon-W, Zamazenta, and Swords Dance Iron Valiant can overwhelm shared checks like Zanazenta Zamazenta, Landorus-Therian Landorus-T, and Dondozo.
- Perfect.
Dark Type Dark-type offensive threat threats in Darkrai (RC) and Samurott-Hisui Hisuian Samurott form a Darkspam Dark-type core with Kingambit to overwhelm Dark resists Dark-resistant Pokemon like Zamazenta and Tera Fairy users like Gholdemgo Gholdengo and Moltres together (I feel like together here is just confusing, maybe I'm wrong?).
- Removed essential information by replacing "Darkspam" with "Dark-type," which doesn't really communicate the idea of relentlessly throwing Dark-types at opposing walls. Halfway there though; it should be "Dark-type spam core."

- "Dark-type offensive threats" and "Dark-type spam" are in very close proximity, so the "Dark-type" before "offensive threats" could be cut because "Dark-type spam core" already indicates they're Dark-types.

- Between the Dark-resistant and the Tera Fairy lists, the construction "like... and" is used twice in very close proximity, so one could make a repetition change if desired.

While both the above changes would help with prose, nobody will get you over either of the above two changes unless they're nitpicking though, so don't worry too much about them. Objective errors are still priority, this is just stuff to hit if you see it.
 
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- "at +2" already implied "Swords Dance boost" given that the set would have Swords Dance on it. In the case that a Pokemon has two sources of boosting (for example, Kartana with Beast Boost and Swords Dance), you could ask for clarification. ("after a boost, Kartana can...")

- "it can also OHKO" is an unnecessary addition as it logically follows "OHKOing Walking Wake, and..." carrying the verb.

- Good work on the semicolon list.

- "that" should be replaced with "which" here, as "that limits" could be applying to the "immunity to Spikes," which clearly doesn't limit Kingambit. What you're actually trying to apply it too is "Spikes," so "gain an immunity to Spikes, which limit..." is the ideal change. This is in the GP Beginner Doc under "Which vs. That".

- "bulky" should be replaced with "bulky offense." It's often better to directly spell out the archetypes. Otherwise, no other changes. Good work.

- Perfect.

- Removed essential information by replacing "Darkspam" with "Dark-type," which doesn't really communicate the idea of relentlessly throwing Dark-types at opposing walls. Halfway there though; it should be "Dark-type spam core."

- "Dark-type offensive threats" and "Dark-type spam" are in very close proximity, so the "Dark-type" before "offensive threats" could be cut because "Dark-type spam core" already indicates they're Dark-types.

- Between the Dark-resistant and the Tera Fairy lists, the construction "like... and" is used twice in very close proximity, so one could make a repetition change if desired.

While both the above changes would help with prose, nobody will get you over either of the above two changes unless they're nitpicking though, so don't worry too much about them. Objective errors are still priority, this is just stuff to hit if you see it.
honestly not bad since I struggled with that one for a while, I'll take it! And yeah for the Swords Dance boost change, I thought it would be confusing saying just "+2" while talking about Supreme Overlord before, so that makes a lot of sense about asking. Thank you so much!!
 
Honestly, not super confident in this one, but here we go!

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Nihilego’s Rock and Poison-typing / Poison typing and above average above-average special bulk allows allow it to setup set up Stealth Rock on threatening Fire- and Fairy-types like Sylveon Moltres and Moltres, granting it several opportunities to setup Stealth Rock Sylveon. It’s (pretty sure this is all just fluff/repetitive) Its strong Special Attack and decent Speed tier also allow it to threaten key Pokemon like Togekiss or and Celebi, (AC) and Life Orb boosted Orb-boosted Thunderbolt eases Nihilego's matchup into against bulky Water Types Water-types like Empoleon or and Tentacruel, (AC) with little prior damage ensuring its entry hazards remain on the field. However, Nihilego has abysmal Physical Defense (RC) and cannot switch-in switch in to even some resistedPhysical attacks, so physically bulky teammates like Scizor or and Slowbro can assist it. Nihilego also sports a crippling weakness is very susceptible to the common Ground- and Steel-types (changed this verbiage bc Nihilego isn't weak to the Pokemon themselves, I think this fix works?) in UU with few options outside of Grass Knot, HP Hidden Power Ice in Gliscor's case, (AC) and a Z Move Z-Move (What Z Move? Don't we need the name of the move?) to utilise against them, so pairing it with teammates which that can handle them, such as Breloom and Chandelure, gives Nihilego more opportunities to break (RC) and ensure Stealth Rock stays up. (I wasn't sure if this sentence was too long or not, I considered breaking it up and making the new sentence start with "Pairing", but was unsure)
 
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