Common Grammar and Usage Errors

ERROR EXAMPLE of ERROR ABBREVIATION

Fragment Running through the woods. Frag.
Run-on
I went to see my grandmother, she was
in bed.
RO
Combine choppy sentences.
I saw my grandmother in bed. She
looked like a wolf.
Comb
erb !rror
"ense
#immy finishes his homework and
takes a nap.
$tense
%assi&e 'na was taken by limo. $&oice
S 'greement
#immy and Susan finishes their
homework.
S$ 'gree.
%ronoun Case !rror (e and "immy went to !llis Island. %ro$ Case
%ronoun 'greement !rror Someone forgot their ferry ticket. %ro$'gree.
'mbiguous %ronoun
#immy and )ick *umped ship. +e
drowned.
'mbig.
Capitali,ation
-mpleby hall faces north .oodland
street.
C'%
%unctuation %unct.
Comma
omitted before coordinating
con*unction
-mpleby +all has three stories but it is
not of great architectural interest.
Comma err.
Comma omitted between
items in a series
/ack was studying 0atin French and
1erman.
Comma err.
Comma omitted after
introductory ad&erbial
clause
.hen #im went to gym he became
confused about his name.
Comma err.
Comma omitted to set off
appositi&e
Silo a leader in the farm storage
industry combusted spontaneously.
Comma err.
2uotations .ily Coyote said I think I smell a rat. 2uot.
'postrophe .ilys nose betrayed him. 'post.
Semicolon
I went to see my grandmother, she was
in bed.
CS 3comma splice4
Colon I asked my fairy godmother for the
following, a spellchecker, a tutor, and
Insert colon
an idea.
.rong .ord ..
+omonyms "heir always forgetting there books.
Confused .ords
'll my friends e5cepted the present
accept 1eoffrey 1ift.

6iction
"he protagonist of the no&el is one
cool dude.
6IC
'wkward
7 stumbled, albeit later in the afternoon
awkwardly, o&er the sill, stupidly.
'.8
.ordy
I sincerely belie&e in my humble
opinion that what9s right is good.
.6:
Redundant
"he reason to go to the costume ball is
because your face is like a mask.
R6
Spelling
"he teacher is on the recie&ing end of
alot of mispellings.
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