3.1: Introduction
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Error Types and Grading Standards
The English Department of Dalton State College has developed a classification of grammatical and mechanical errors according to the seriousness of each error: Type I errors are the most serious, Type II are of second rank, and Type III errors are the least serious.
Type I |
Sentence fragments |
Fused or run-on sentences |
Subject-Verb disagreement |
Comma Splices |
Type II |
Pronoun case errors |
Disagreement of pronoun and antecedent |
Verb tense sequence errors |
Shifts in mood, number, person, voice of verbs |
Dangling or misplaced modifiers |
Faulty parallelism |
Ambiguous, broad, and/or vague reference of pronouns |
Use of second person in formal essay |
Type III |
Errors in mechanics
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Errors in spelling and hyphenation |
Errors in usage
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Parts of Speech
- Adjectives & Adverbs Handout - Handout from Utah Valley University Writing Center
- Articles - Handout from the Utah Valley University Writing Center
- Practice with English Articles
- Preposition Practice