Transcript Sentence Errors

Sentence Errors
Comma-Splices and Run-ons
You need a full sheet of paper for taking notes
and for the quiz at the end.
Apostrophes
Apostrophes have two primary uses:
to indicate contractions, and
to indicate “possession.”
Contractions
“It’s” means “It is.”
“They’re” means “They are.”
“She’s been gone.”
means
“She has been gone.”
Possession
That is father’s book.
They found the children’s toys.
It was Nora’s forgery.
Apostrophes
Correct the error in the following:
Torvalds actions as a listener are extremely
important in defining his role as a foil.
Apostrophes
Correct the error in the following:
Mrs. Linde is a childhood friend of Nora’s
from back home in the country.
Apostrophes
Correct the error in the following:
With the use of foils, Henrik Ibsen is able to
convey a couples struggle to conform to
the norms of their time.
Apostrophes
An interesting case:
Harold Bloom, <a professor of humanities at
Yale > describes Torvald’s behavior, states
“He worries only about his reputation and
social standing, his own need for societys’
[sic] approval and esteem” (Bloom,14).
Comma-Splices and Run-ons
A Psycholinguistic Model
of How Our Brains Process Sentences
See: The KISS Grammar Psycholinguistic Model on the web.
Comma-Splices and Run-ons
In a comma-splice (-1 CS), two sentences are
joined (spliced) with just a comma.
In a run-on (-1 RO), two sentences are run into
each other with no punctuation to separate
them.
In either case, the reader’s mind attempts to chunk the
words in the second sentence into the first. This
confuses the reader.
Fixing
Comma-Splices and Run-ons
There are three basic ways to fix either of
these errors:
1. Separate them with a period and a capital
letter.
2. Separate them with a semicolon, colon or
dash.
3. Make one of them a subordinate clause.
A Comma-Splice
The following sentence contains a commasplice. Fix it.
Mrs. Linde did not marry out of love she
married because she had to take care of
her mother and her younger siblings.
A Comma-Splice
The following sentence contains a commasplice. Fix it.
Nora has three children, however she
does not take care of the children.
Subject/Verb Agreement
Explain and fix the comma-splice and
subject/verb agreement error in the
following:
In A Doll’s House by Ibsen Henrik lies are
what creates the play, without them there
would be no play.
There are two errors in the following sentence. What are
they?
She held out the secret that she
committed forgery in order to save
her husbands’ life years ago, this lie
is what created the backbone to the
entire play.
A More Complicated Example
She held out the secret that she
committed forgery in order to
save her husband’s life years
ago--this lie is what created the
backbone to the entire play.
Quiz Time
On your paper, fix the errors in the following sentences:
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4.
My family is very large, my parents have thirteen
children.
In the end Edie finds that the truth was always
there she just had to grow and experience life in
order to filter it out.
Not all tires are created equal, there are many
factors that determine what type of tire goes on a
automobile.
Next are level two thinkers, these thinkers make
decisions based on what is good for the group as a
whole, not just themselves.