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    This document provides an overview of common sentence-level issues covered in Week Two of GENN101 including: 1. Problems words can have including spelling, word choice, and meaning 2. The definition of a sentence and issues like fragments, run-ons, comma splices, dangling modifiers, and parallelism 3. Examples of each issue and suggestions for correcting sentences with problems

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    3/2/2010

    Week Two Spring 2010

    Text Level
    Sentence Level
    Word Level

    GENN101 - Week Two

    3/2/2010

    What problems a sentence may have at the


    word level?

    Spelling

    pp. 600 602


    principles

    You may have good principals, but you do not know how
    to apply them in life.
    whether

    I did not know weather I should take this course or


    choose another one.

    GENN101 - Week Two

    Word Choice
    Encourage/motivate

    This is a bad picture that can push and promote people to


    smoke more.

    Powerless/helpless

    I felt impotent after the movie.

    GENN101 - Week Two

    3/2/2010

    What is a sentence?

    A sentence is a statement, group of words, that


    has three characteristics:
    1. Has a complete meaning
    2. Has at least one verb
    3. Starts with a capital letter and ends with a
    period

    GENN101 - Week Two

    Fragment

    p. 587

    A fragment is an incomplete sentence, with


    incomplete meaning
    This company works in different fields. Such as
    office supplies and equipment.
    This company works in different fields, such as
    office supplies and equipment.
    I need to look for another job. Because my
    company is cutting down jobs.
    I need to look for another job because my
    company is cutting down jobs.
    GENN101 - Week Two

    3/2/2010

    Run-on

    p. 597

    A run-on is a sentence in which two or more clauses


    written after each other with no punctuation or with
    coordinators (but, and, ..)

    Learning a new language is like learning to swim it


    takes a lot of practice.
    Learning a new language is like learning to swim;
    it takes a lot of practice.
    Learning a new language is like learning to swim.
    It takes a lot of practice.
    GENN101 - Week Two

    Comma splice
    A comma splice is a sentence in which two or more
    clauses written after each other with a comma instead
    of a coordinator or a conjunction.

    New York City is very cosmopolitan, people from


    many cultures and ethnic groups live there.
    New York City is very cosmopolitan; people from many
    cultures and ethnic groups live there.
    New York City is very cosmopolitan, and people from many
    cultures and ethnic groups live there.
    New York City is very cosmopolitan as people from many
    cultures and ethnic groups live there.

    GENN101 - Week Two

    3/2/2010

    Dangling modifier

    pp. 585 & 590

    A dangling modifier is a modifier that is located away


    from what it describes. Sometimes the modifier is in a
    one sentence and the described part is in another.

    Having visited the site, the problem still needs a


    lot of work.
    Having visited the site, the engineers realized that
    the problem still needs a lot of work.

    GENN101 - Week Two

    Parallelism

    pp. 593

    Parallelism means that each item in a list or


    comparison follows the same grammatical pattern.

    My English class is made of Chinese, Spaniards,


    and some are from Bosnia.
    My English class is made of Chinese, Spaniards
    and Bosnians.

    GENN101 - Week Two

    3/2/2010

    Connectors
    Despite the benefits students gain from service
    learning, opponents yet argue its legality.

    GENN101 - Week Two

    Identify the problem in each of the following sentences and


    suggest a way to correct each one.

    1. Which means that war affects you even if you


    get out of the war zone.
    2. When we wanted to drive to the park we
    followed the direction from our neighbors we
    ended up in Canada instead.
    3. Looking out the airplane window, the volcano
    seemed ready to erupt.
    4. Two letters arrived on Monday a third one came
    on Wednesday.
    5. Credit cards are accepted by department stores,
    airlines, and they can be used in some gas
    stations.
    GENN101 - Week Two

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