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MINOR ERRORS (ANY THREE OF THE FOLLOWING EQUAL A MAJOR ERROR): |
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MAJOR ERRORS (ANY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING): |
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1. Sentence fragment (frag): any group of words that do not constitute a complete thought |
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2. Comma splice (cs): two sentences joined by a comma but lacking a conjunction |
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3. Run-on sentence (run-on): two sentences fused together without any punctuation or conjunction |
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4. Garbled sentence (awk, gs): any sentence that for any reason does not make sense |
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5. Faulty subject-verb agreement (s-v): a sentence in which the subject and the verb do not agree in number or person |
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1. Misused verb form error (vb) |
8. Pronoun-antecedent agreement error (agr) |
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2. Nonparallel element (non-11) |
9. Error in capitalization |
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3. Misused or omitted comma |
10. Error in pronoun case or reference (upr) |
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4. Misused or omitted semicolon |
11. Inappropriate word choice or sentence structure |
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5. Dangling or misplaced modifier (mm) |
12. Misspelled word (sp) |
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6. Misuse of adjective or adverb |
13. Omission of word ending |
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7. Misused or omitted apostrophe |
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