19.1 frag:
Sentence Fragment--fragments are groups of words that do not contain
a subject and predicate or express a complete thought.
When I go to town.
The best part of the show that always makes me laugh.
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Some students and writers argue that grammar is not an especially important part of composition when compared to content and organization, yet employers repeatedly eliminate job seekers whose applications, resumes, and cover letters contain grammatical errors. In addition, grammatical errors generally distract readers from the ideas that writers are trying to express and consequently diminish the clarity of their explanations or persuasiveness of their arguments. For these two reasons I impose very stiff penalties on major errors--grammatical mistakes which greatly distract from the content of your writing. As I grade your essays, I circle the correction symbols or Basics Handbook numbers that are major errors. Students with more than four of these errors will rarely pass an assignment. Familiarize yourself with these errors and try to avoid them. If you consistently make major errors, you should see me, and I will try to help you understand the problem and how to solve it. The numbers and symbols for all mechanical and grammatical issues/problems are on the inside back cover of the Basics Handbook. Below are the errors that I consider major.
19.1 frag:
Sentence Fragment--fragments are groups of words that do not contain
a subject and predicate or express a complete thought.
When I go to town.
The best part of the show that always makes me laugh. Run-on sentences are main/independent clauses that have not been joined
correctly. There are two types of
run-ons: 19.2 fs: Fused
Sentence--occurs when no punctuation separates two main clauses
I was cold the temperature was 32 degrees. 19.3 cs:
Comma Splice--occurs when two main/independent clauses are separated
only with a comma
I went to town, she stayed home. 21.2; agr: Subject and verb
agreement--occurs when a plural noun accompanies a singular verb or a singular
noun accompanies a plural verb
Neither like the friends of the other.
Everybody in the office have been to the show. 21.2; agr:
Pronoun agreement--occurs when a pronoun does not agree with its
antecedent
The team is playing their last game. 20.3b shift; 22.3 vb: Verb Form--needless and distracting shifts in verb tense
or incorrect tense
Has the teacher spoke to you about the grade?
He came up to me in the movie theater and tries to take my seat.
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