Editing Examples

Since President Trump took office, McKinsey has greatly expanded consulting for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement through that agency’s office of “detention, compliance and removals.” Their[SF1]  contracts with the agency exceed $20 million.

 [SF1]“Their"is a plural pronoun. McKinsey is singular. You must use “its” here. The sentence should read: “Its" contracts with the agency exceed $20 million."

Mr. Horowitz said that Mr. Strok’s texts about stopping Mr. Trump from becoming president showed that he may[SF1]  be willing to take an official action to affect the election. [SF1]“May” is a verb, present tense. The initial sentence sets this document up as “past-tense." As a result, “may” must become “might.”

Many have forgotten, or never learned how,[SF1]  to compete for workers.

 [SF1]“How” goes with “forgotten” as well as “learned.” The comma should go after “learned.”

First, Iran’s leadership is more complex and multi-faceted than the one-man state of North Korea, making it harder for Tehran to reverse course like [SF1] Mr. Kim did, and reach out to Mr. Trump.

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 [SF1]“Like” is a preposition, not a conjunction. You must use “as” instead of “like.”

Using tax dollars to bailout[SF1]  farmers hurt by President Trump’s tariffs is not the way to strengthen the economy.

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 [SF1]“Bailout” is a noun. What’s used is a verb phrase, thus the correct usage is “bail out.”