fivefatalmistakesinenglishusage英语用法致命的五个错误.ppt

The 5 fatal mistakesin English usage Papers (or journal or blog entries with these errors will not receive a grade) Misspelled Words Beginning a sentence without a capital(or failing to capitalize “I”) Using text-messaging abbreviations Sentence fragments A complete sentence expresses a complete thought Are these groups of words sentences? They aren’t sentences becausethey aren’t complete thoughts. What happened although Rachel worked hard? What about my student editor Derrick? What about that freshly watered house plant? What happened because you couldn’t find the program? What’s wrong with the following “sentence”? Jesse loves to write poetry he’s a talented writer. The sentence is wrong because “Jesse likes to write poetry” and “He’s a talented writer” can both stand as complete sentences. Therefore, we can’t merge them into a single sentence without separating them in some way. It’s a “run-on sentence.” It’s not good enough to join the two thoughts with a comma. That’s called a “comma splice”: Jesse stopped at the grocery store, he needed a lunch for the field trip tomorrow. A clause is a group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate. Dependent clauses cannot stand alone as sentences: Although I was on time for work Because Alice was the first one in line Independent clauses can stand alone as sentences: Gary did want the sandwich My brother, Greg, was late for the meeting There are 5 ways to fix run-on sentences Make the two clauses into two sentences: Use a semi-colon Use a comma and a coordinating conjuction (and, but, or, for, yet, nor, or so): Use a comma and a subordinating conjunction (after, although, before, unless, as, because, even though, if, since, until, when, while, etc.) Use a semi-colon and a transition (however, moreover, on the other hand, nevertheless, instead, also, consquently, otherwise, as a result, etc.) Brandon played drums in the band. It was a hard rock band. Brandon played drums in the band it was a ha