English Composition Error Chart
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to a variety of mechanical errors. See "Frequency of Formal Errors in Current College Writing, or Ma and Pa Kettle Do Research," (as published in The St. Martin's Guide to Teaching Writing 2nd ed. Ed. Robert Connors and Cheryl Glenn. New
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York: St. Martin's, 1992. page 398.) This table below summarizes their analysis. Their research suggests areas marking symbols for writing in which students might concentrate when writing for an academic audience. Rank by frequency of error Error or Error Pattern No. found in
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3000 papers % of total errors No. found marked by instructor % marked by instructor Rank by no. of errors marked by instructor 1 No comma after introductory element 3,299 11.5% 995 30% 2 2 Vague pronoun reference 2,809 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-4781.1941.tb00600.x/pdf 9.8% 892 32% 4 3 No comma in compound sentence 2,446 8.6% 719 29% 7 4 Wrong word 2,217 7.8% 1,114 50% 1 5 No comma in nonrestrictive element 1,864 6.5% 580 31% 10 6 Wrong or missing inflected endings 1,679 5.9% 857 51% 5 7 Wrong or missing preposition 1,580 5.5% 679 43% 8 8 Comma splice 1,565 5.5% 850 54% 6 9 Possessive apostrophe error 1,455 5.1% 906 62% 3 10 Tense shift 1,453 5.1% http://papyr.com/hypertextbooks/comp1/errors.htm 484 33% 12 11 Unnecessary shift in person 1,347 4.7% 410 30% 14 12 Sentence fragment 1,217 4.2% 671 55% 9 13 Wrong tense or verb form 952 3.3% 465 49% 13 14 Subject-verb agreement 909 3.2% 534 58% 11 15 Lack of comma in series 751 2.7% 184 4% 19 16 Pronoun agreement error 752 2.6% 365 48% 15 17 Unnecessary comma with restrictive element 693 2.4% 239 34% 17 18 Run-on or fused sentence 681 2.4% 308 45% 16 19 Dangling or misplaced modifier 577 2.0% 167 29% 20 20 Its/it's error 292 1.0% 188 64% 18 You must enable JavaScript to use the web site fully. Learn how to enable JavaScript. Current work: Days remaining this term: Notes: Add Note| Log in?|Privacy|Change Name & Email Mailthispagetoafriend For more information about these and other grammatical and usage issues, consult Modern English Grammar "Error Correction Terms and Abbreviations" A list of resource around the web with helpful advice on finding, editing, and correcting the twenty common usage errors listed above. Free tools! My Editing Toolbar and macros for Microsoft Word Based on the 20 most common errors above, this Word toolbar will help you insert comments into your students' documents. Scroll to the bottom of the page to download the toolbar and read the installation instructions. The Modern English Grammar HyperTextBook A thorough and rigorous review of modern Engl
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