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Eng 102BC ParallelIdeas Prepositions DanglingModifiers PronounAntecAgree
Eng 102BC ParallelIdeas Prepositions DanglingModifiers PronounAntecAgree
ENG 102BC
study revealed that left-handed students were more likely to have trouble with classroom desks and rearranging desks for exam periods was useful. Our study revealed that left-handed students were more likely to have trouble with classroom desks and that rearranging desks for exam periods was useful.
PREPOSITIONS
Consult chart on page 290 At, by, for, from, in, of, on, to , with Can you end a sentence with a preposition?
Where
are you at? Where are you? She displayed the good humor shes known for. She displayed the good humor for which she is known. I want to know where he came from. I want to know from where he came.
PREPOSITIONS
is a person I cannot cope with. She is a person with whom I cannot cope. If the restructured sentence sounds contrived and unnatural, simply rewrite the sentence: It is behavior I will not put up with. It is behavior up with which I will not put. It is behavior I will not tolerate.
She
ENG 102
If you just interview chemistry majors, your picture of the student bodys response to the new grading policies will be incomplete.
If you interview just chemistry majors, your picture of the student bodys response to the new grading policies will be incomplete.
If you interview just chemistry majors, your picture of the student bodys response to the new grading policies will be incomplete.
In the United States in 1860, not all black southerners were not slaves. In the United States in 1860, all black southerners were not slaves.
In the United States in 1860, all black southerners were not slaves.
PLACE PHRASES AND CLAUSES SO THAT READERS CAN SEE AT A GLANCE WHAT THEY MODIFY
The soccer player returned to the clinic where he had undergone emergency surgery in 2004 in a limousine sent by Adidas. He had surgery in a limousine??? Traveling in a limousine sent by Adidas, the soccer player returned to the clinic where he had undergone emergency surgery in 2004
PLACE PHRASES AND CLAUSES SO THAT READERS CAN SEE AT A GLANCE WHAT THEY MODIFY
There are many pictures of comedians who have performed at Gavins on the walls. The comedians are performing on the walls? On the walls are many pictures of comedians who have performed at Gavins. The robber was described as a six-foot-tall man with a heavy mustache weighing 170 pounds. Thats a heavy mustache!!! The robber was described as a 170-pound, sixfoot-tall man with a heavy mustache.
PLACE PHRASES AND CLAUSES SO THAT READERS CAN SEE AT A GLANCE WHAT THEY MODIFY
A squinting modifier leads to ambiguity The exchange students we met for coffee occasionally questioned us about our latest slang. Did they meet occasionally? Or did the questioning happen occasionally? The exchange students we occasionally met for coffee questioned us about our latest slang. The exchange students we met for coffee questioned us occasionally about our latest slang.
DANGLING MODIFIERS
Modifier fails to refer logically to any word in the sentence Understanding the need to create checks and balances on power, the Constitution divided the government into three branches. The document understood the need for checks and balances? Understanding the need to create checks and balances on power, the framers of the Constitution divided the government into three branches.
GRAMMAR PORTFOLIO
Write an unbalanced example of each parallel rule (there are 4). Correct each. Restructure or rewrite five sentences that end in a preposition. Make sure to include the original sentence. Create and illustrate 5 misplaced or dangling modifiers
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