Errors in Exercise One

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Errors in Exercise One

• CRTW 201
• Dr. Fike

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Contractions

• Do not use them.

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Comma Splice

• "The audience is not thinking much of the details
  and if they are actually plausible or not, they
  are just reading the story."

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Sentence Fragment

• "Even though they also say the drugs are still
  affecting him."

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Run-on Sentence

• "There are no true ways to begin from the start
  of an idea or concept therefore assumptions are
  formed."

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Dangling Modifier

• "When first reading this article many assumptions
  can be made that would make the reader believe
  the article was factual." 
• "Being a college student the kidney may have not
  been fully developed at that age."

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Overuse of the Word This

• "The placement of this sentence shows that the
  author is trying to convince the audience that
  this crime is spreading and that it is
  spreading really fast.  This assumption does a
  really good job in helping to persuade the
  audience that this crime is really happening...."

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Pronoun Agreement

• "It is not uncommon for a complete stranger to
  introduce themselves in a bar.  Just because a
  stranger confronts someone does not mean they are
  out to steal a kidney."

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Split Infinitive

• "You have to automatically assume that the
  article was really placed in The Daily Texan...."

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Use of "lay" instead of "lie" 

• "Also, the victim would probably get hypothermia
  from laying in the tub for the hours it would
  take to wake from the anesthesia."

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Choppy Style

• "He also assumed that the college student was in
  his right mind...even though he was still feeling
  the effects of the drugs.  Even if the student
  was still feeling the effects of the drugs, it is
  unbelievable that he was in his right mind...."

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That To Refer to People

• "...a random girl that he met at the bar."

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Of Instead of Have

• "She could of felt bad for the man for some
  reason...."

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Subjunctive

• What is the subjunctive mood?
• It expresses "a doubt, a wish, a recommendation,
  or something contrary to fact" (Prentice Hall
  111). 

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Examples of the Subjunctive

• Your sentence
• "If the black market was located then the
  criminals would also be located, and the crime
  ring would be brought to a halt.
• Handbook's example from page 112 
• "If I were (not was) he, I'd sell the car
  immediately."

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How To Know If You Need the Subjunctive

• Things that signal the need for the subjunctive
• If
• Wish
• It is important that
• Requires