Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Common and banned errors...

Fragments: Incomplete thoughts.
EX: Since I don’t know.

Comma Splice: Two sentences connected by a comma.
EX. I love bread, I love dogs.

Parallelism: Verbs have to match in related lists.
EX: John went to the store, bought some bread, and ate it.

Pronoun antecedent agreement: pronouns and nouns need to match.
EX: Someone who likes Mexican food always eats it; that’s why he or she is so fit.

That/Who
John is someone who loves food.

Run-on.
Since I love food, I went to the store where I bought some tortillas, and then
I wrapped them up and ate them. They were good.

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