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Mar
10
Run-ons – Comma Splices – Fused Sentences
March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Run-ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences are some of the most common grammatical errors that students make in their papers. Purdue’s OWL site gives a great explanation of these errors. Join sentences (independent clauses) with a semicolon (;) or with a coordinating conjunction AND a comma. If you leave out the coordinating conjunction, you have [...]
Mar
22
Pesky Participles
March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Misplaced modifiers and dangling participles are among the most common writing errors that plague first-year college students. Watch this on-line workshop to learn more or download this pdf: Pesky Participles. If there is nothing for the modifier/participle to refer to, it dangles. If there is something to refer to but it is too far away, [...]
