Below is a list of common errors. If your teacher or tutor uses this code, you can keep track of the types of errors you make in each paper. After a few papers, you will begin to see that your errors fall into patterns, and you can concentrate on the most common ones. As you work on them, watch the frequency of that error drop. The error key is also available as a bookmark on the last page of the Study Guide. Correction Tally   Paper Titles Error Types                                                 1. Sentence Fragment (Chapter 8)                                                 a. missing part of verb                                                 b. prepositional phrase                                                 c. verbal phrase                                                 d. dependent clause                                                 e. other fragment                                                 2. Run-on Sentence (Chapter 9)                                                 a. command                                                 b. pronoun subject                                                 c. trans. expression                                                 d. other run-on                                                 3. Problem with -ed on regular verb (Chapter 10)                                                 a. simple past tense                                                 b. past participle                                                 c. no -ed                                                 4. Problem with finl -s (Chapter 11 & 12)                                                 a. plural noun                                                 b. pres. tense 3rd person singular verb                                                 c. was / were, is / are                                                 d. no -s                                                 5. Problem with pronoun (Chapter 13)                                                 a. unclear antecedent                                                 b. agreement                                                 c. subject / object forms                                                 6. Spelling problem (Chapter 14)                                                 a. incorrect ending                                                 b. apostrophe problem                                                 c. sound-alike word                                                 d. wrong form of word                                                 e. other spelling problem                                                 7. Consistency (Chapter 15)                                                 a. parallelism                                                 b. tense shift                                                 c. pronoun shift

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Technical Requirements Navigating Sentence Sense Using Applications Using a Word Processor ESL TIPS CHARTS AND TABLES Auxiliary Verbs Common Verb Contractions Use of Modal Auxiliaries The Four Forms of Regular Verbs Common Irregular Verbs Some Common Prepositions Verbs, Gerunds and Infinitive Completers Summary of Comma Use Uses of Reported Speech Clause Connectors Summary of Solutions for Run-ons Agreement With to do, to have & to be Pronouns Spelling Chart Correction Tally OTHER INTERNET RESOURCES SEARCH ENGINE