Rhetoric and Composition/Grammar and Mechanics
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Contents |
[edit] Overview
[edit] Understanding Grammar
[edit] Understanding Mechanics
[edit] Common Errors
- Know your patterns
- Mixing up words that sound alike
- When subjects and verbs don't agree
- When pronouns and antecedents don't agree
- Missing commas after introductory elements
- Sentence fragments
- Missing or misplaced apostrophes
- Unnecessary tense shifts
- Run-on or fused sentences
- Comma Splice
- Disruptive commas
- Dangling, misplaced, and squinting modifiers
- Logical Fallacies
[edit] Writing feedback
Teachers can use the following pages to provide students with information about specific errors in their writing. If the students' papers are graded online, write a short comment and add a link to one of these pages.
[edit] Citing Sources
[edit] External Links
- Common Errors in English
- The Elements of Style
- Big Dog's Grammar: A Bare Bones Guide to English
- Darling's Guide to Grammar
- Grammar Bytes!
- The Hypertext Book: Modern English Grammar
- Properly Placed Punctuation
- Punctuation Points
- Grammar Tips from Harvard
- The Owl at Purdue
- Academic Grammar- help students with their academic assignments
- American Heritage Book of English Usage
- University of Texas at Austin Grammar Guides
- Online Bibliography Maker
