Types of Error
(& Correction Symbols) |
Examples
and Related Web Pages
|
mm |
misplaced modifier
-- The robber was described as a tall man with a black moustache
weighing 150 pounds.
-- I have a book for you which I told you about.
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/SentMispMods.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammar/misplaced_modifiers.htm(from
UIUC's Grammar
Handbook)
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/SentSqntMods.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
|
SC |
sentence construction |
Dgl |
dangling modifier
-- Seeing from the top of it, it
should look like a belfry with many colors on it.
--
Looking back from 20 years old to five
years old, a question popped out of
my mind.
--
Overwhelmed by the power of such a
statement, the only two words I could
pronounce were "I won't!"
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/SentDanglMods.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk.html#7(from
Elements of Style)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammar/dangling_modifiers.htm(from
UIUC's Grammar
Handbook)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_dangmod.html
(from OWL)
|
frag
|
Fragment |
cs |
comma splice |
ll
// |
I saw him falling in love, to become lovelorn, and he married a
woman he hardly knew.
I saw him falling in
love, becoming lovelorn, and finally marrying a woman
he hardly knew.
More faulty examples
-- She was innocent and still running in front of the cottage with
her brother.
-- He overcame sanitary problem, bad living qualities, and educating
some uncivil residents.
-- Everyone wants to get rich and authority.
-- I stay at the dorm with three other roommates that from different
parts of the island and have various family backgrounds.
-- Taking MTR is the most fast and convenience method among all
kinds of transportation. -- All we did was studying hard and to
get good grades.
|
P |
punctuation problem
http://www.rpi.edu/dept/llc/writecenter/web/text/prose2.html
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/GramPunc.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
|
p/- |
hyphen
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/SentHyphEnd.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/SenthyphWords.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
|
p/-- |
dash
-- Beauty includes two parts-inner beauty
and outside beauty.
-- One "good" thing was out-Hope.
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/GramDash.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
|
p/(
) |
parenthesis
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk2.html(from
Elements of Style)
|
p/, |
comma
http://www.engl.uvic.ca/faculty/keller/pages/crunch/Pages/diagnosticsetup.html
http://www.engl.uvic.ca/faculty/keller/pages/wherecomma/
|
p/¡¨ |
quotation marks
http://www.bartleby.com/141/strunk2.html(from
Elements of Style)
|
R-O |
run-on sentence; fused sentence
-- I was moved deeply by the peaceful tranquility and the truly joyful
smiles there, I then yearned to become one of them.?
-- Close your eyes and feel the warm sea breeze, it is comfortable
during summer night.
-- Here is the rapidest information diffusing place of Japanese fashion,
by observing the teenagers' way of dressing you can guess what's the
most fashionable stuff now in Japan.?
-- You have a chance to visit West End, stay longer and observe carefully,
then you won't miss the fun of seeing the odd mixture of different
ways of living . . .
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/SentRunOns.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_sentpr.html
(from OWL)
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Others |
However-- not a conjuction
It's possible for most of us to have many friends around us,
however, true friends are not so easy to be found.
|
SS |
Faulty sentence structure |
sub |
faulty subordination
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/subidea.html(from
Writer's
Web)
|
comp |
faulty comparison
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide//Pages/SentMixMet.html
(from The
UVic Writer's Guide)
http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/adjectiv.html#comparison
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Logic +
conjunctives |
--
Although it is really necessary for us
to have friends in our life, how to choose real friends is significant
as well.
-- Some conservative parents are too shy to
explain the "mystery" of sex to their children. However,
it's also difficult for young people to get correct education of sex
in school¡K¡K
¡XSince
pictures in a comic book are exaggerating, there is no boderline
that limit content of comics.
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