daily edit test
Participants could leave the study at any time, they needed to indicate their preference (replace comma with semi colon)
comma splice - combining 2 independent clauses
Running to class, my cell phone began to vibrate (put while I was at the front of the sentence)
dangling modifier
Generated by seasonal storms far off the coast, winter swells reach the shore as large, predictable sets of waves that are highly prized by surfers
misplaced modifier - the modifier is not next to the something a word or group that changes something
Set free after thirty years in prison a normal life with friends and family was what the formal political dissidents wanted and nothing more (put after being in front of the sentence and comma after prison)
misplaced modifier - the modifier is not next to the something a word or group that changes something
The invaders torched the village, looted the treasury, and had stolen all our sheep (replace had stolen with stole)
parallel structure - all items in a list or a choice need to be the same part of speech
The work of transportation planners generally includes evaluating current transportation needs, assessing the effectiveness of existing facilities, and improving those facilities or they design new ones (replace they design to designing)
parallel structure - all items in a list or a choice need to be the same part of speech
Everyone must bring their own instrument to the music class (replace their with his or her)
pronoun agreement
I bought a crate of oranges and delivered them to my grandmother's house (replace them to it)
pronoun agreement - pronouns need to agree in number with their antecedents
If Rafael was going to hire a string quarter for his birthday party, he wanted them to be the best quarter he could find (replace them with it)
pronoun agreement - pronouns need to agree in number with their antecedents
After practicing the violin together for fifteen years, Justine told Katie that she was the better violinist (rearrange the sentence to ...Justine said that Katie was the better violinist)
pronoun clarity - pronouns antecedent is unclear
In our haste, Jorge and I slammed our fishing boat into the pier, but somehow it showed no trace of damage (replace it with the pier)
pronoun clarity - pronouns antecedent is unclear
Though both typewriters and computers can be used for word processing, few people used them by the end of the 20th century (replace them with typewriters)
pronoun clarity - pronouns antecedent is unclear
The woodpecker made lots of noise I couldn't concentrate (add semi colon or comma and so after noise)
run on sentence - combining two sentences with no punctuation
They weren't dangerous criminals they were detectives in disguise (add a semi colon after criminals)
run-on sentence - combining two sentences with no punctuation
