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Week Two Spring 2010

Text Level
Sentence Level
Word Level

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What problems a sentence may have at the

word level?

Spelling

pp. 600 602

principles

You may have good principals, but you do not know how
to apply them in life.
whether

I did not know weather I should take this course or

choose another one.

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Word Choice
Encourage/motivate

This is a bad picture that can push and promote people to

smoke more.

Powerless/helpless

I felt impotent after the movie.

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What is a sentence?

A sentence is a statement, group of words, that

has three characteristics:
1. Has a complete meaning
2. Has at least one verb
3. Starts with a capital letter and ends with a
period

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Fragment

p. 587

A fragment is an incomplete sentence, with

incomplete meaning
This company works in different fields. Such as
office supplies and equipment.
This company works in different fields, such as
office supplies and equipment.
I need to look for another job. Because my
company is cutting down jobs.
I need to look for another job because my
company is cutting down jobs.
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Run-on

p. 597

A run-on is a sentence in which two or more clauses

written after each other with no punctuation or with
coordinators (but, and, ..)

Learning a new language is like learning to swim it

takes a lot of practice.
Learning a new language is like learning to swim;
it takes a lot of practice.
Learning a new language is like learning to swim.
It takes a lot of practice.
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Comma splice
A comma splice is a sentence in which two or more
clauses written after each other with a comma instead
of a coordinator or a conjunction.

New York City is very cosmopolitan, people from

many cultures and ethnic groups live there.
New York City is very cosmopolitan; people from many
cultures and ethnic groups live there.
New York City is very cosmopolitan, and people from many
cultures and ethnic groups live there.
New York City is very cosmopolitan as people from many
cultures and ethnic groups live there.

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Dangling modifier

pp. 585 & 590

A dangling modifier is a modifier that is located away

from what it describes. Sometimes the modifier is in a
one sentence and the described part is in another.

Having visited the site, the problem still needs a

lot of work.
Having visited the site, the engineers realized that
the problem still needs a lot of work.

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Parallelism

pp. 593

Parallelism means that each item in a list or

comparison follows the same grammatical pattern.

My English class is made of Chinese, Spaniards,

and some are from Bosnia.
My English class is made of Chinese, Spaniards
and Bosnians.

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Connectors
Despite the benefits students gain from service
learning, opponents yet argue its legality.

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Identify the problem in each of the following sentences and

suggest a way to correct each one.

1. Which means that war affects you even if you

get out of the war zone.
2. When we wanted to drive to the park we
followed the direction from our neighbors we
ended up in Canada instead.
3. Looking out the airplane window, the volcano
seemed ready to erupt.
4. Two letters arrived on Monday a third one came
on Wednesday.
5. Credit cards are accepted by department stores,
airlines, and they can be used in some gas
stations.
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