Meridian Education - Common Errors (2) / Acceptable Errors

Common Errors (2) / Acceptable Errors

When should the red pen be wielded to the hilt, and when should writers and readers simply agree to disagree? Part one of this program deals with three unequivocal errors—sentence fragments, comma splices, and run-on sentences—and three major enemies of clarity—tense shifts, vague pronoun references, and faulty parallels. Contraction/possessive pronoun confusion is also sorted out. In part two, syntactical errors that many no longer consider unacceptable are examined: contractions, split infinitives, and dangling prepositions. (25 minutes)

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Item#: EDP10573
Copyright date: ©2000
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-5691-0

Part of the Series : English: The Standard Deviants(r) Core Curriculum


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