sentence errors review test wednesday, november 13th
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Sentence Errors Review
Test Wednesday, November 13th
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Fragments
• Remember that a dependent clause, though it contains both a subject and a verb, is not a complete sentence.– When winter comes early.– Which can happen quickly.
• Be prepared to identify dependent clauses as sentence fragments.
• Be prepared to correct sentence fragments by joining them to independent clauses.– When winter comes early, ships often rescue the stranded whales.– Whales cannot breath through the ice and will drown, which can
happen quickly.
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Fragments as part of a compound predicate
• Be prepared to correct the punctuation of a sentence when a compound predicate is presented as two separate sentences.– Since gold does not easily tarnish, corrode, or rust.
Making gold ideal for a variety of uses.• Gold does not easily tarnish, corrode, or rust, making it
ideal for a variety of uses.
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Fragment Special Cases
• Be prepared to demonstrate your understanding of how to include a list in a sentence using a colon or a dash.– Several good places offer brunch- for example,
Waffle House, The Pancake Pantry, and Loveless Café.
– You have a choice of desserts: carrot cake, funfetti cupcakes, or chocolate lava cake.
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Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences
• Be prepared to identify comma spices and run-on sentences. Be prepared to demonstrate your ability to correct them.– A shark is all cartilage, it doesn’t have a bone in its body.
(comma splice)– A shark is all cartilage it doesn’t have a bone in its body.
(run-on)– A shark is all cartilage. It doesn’t have a bone in its
body. (You could also use a semicolon. In appropriate sentences, you could combine the sentences with a conjunction.)
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
• Always place a modifier close to the word it describes.• Practice: Which of the following sentences contains a
properly placed modifier? More than one option may be correct.– A. The football player being recruited eagerly believed
each successive offer would be better.– B. The football player being eagerly recruited believed that
each successive offer would be better.– C. The football player being recruited believed eagerly that
each successive offer would be better.
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
• Practice: Revise the following sentences so that its meaning is clear and correct.– Having seen the video before, it didn’t seem very exciting.– We saw a flock of geese on the way to the mall in San Jose.– Looking down from the thirtieth story, even buses seemed
small.– Growing at a remarkable rate, the fence was soon covered in
ivy.– Mr. Smith’s class watched a movie about how electricity was
first used last week.
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
– To fit into our debate schedule, your rebuttal will only be limited to three minutes.
– Practicing for the piano recital, the out-of-tune key was very bothersome.
– When conducting an experiment, precise notes should be kept.
– Ms. Gibbens said on Thursday my assignment is due.– While pondering how to proceed, my neighbor’s advice
came to mind.– You should only dial 911 in an emergency.– After having studied all week, the test was easy for me!
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Split Infinitives
• In most cases, (and for the purposes of this test), avoid splitting infinitives.– Do you have to so loudly play?– Do you have to play so loudly?
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Other splits in sentences
• While creating complex sentences, aim to create linear paths from the subject to the verb and from the verb to its object.– Examples:
• The announcer, because the script, which Welles himself wrote, called for perfect imitations of emergency announcements, opened with a warning that included a description of the “invasion”. [The subject and verb are placed too far apart for the flow of the sentence.]
• Because the script, which Welles himself wrote, called for perfect imitations of emergency announcements, the announcer opened with a warning that included a description of the “invasion”. [correct]