Grammar

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Grammar

• A review

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Grammar Review

• You are a sentence doctor.
• You will examine 16 sentences afflicted with
  various grammar and usage ailments.
• You will offer a diagnosis (explain what is
  wrong with the sentence) and then a prescription
  (fix it).
• Every sentence has at least one ailment a clue
  as to how many is indicated by how many points
  each sentence is worth.
• The exercise point total 45.

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Grammar Review

• For example, a sentence worth two points only has
  one problem You get one point for the correct
  diagnosis, and one point for the proper
  prescription.
• If a sentence is worth three points, that means
  there is one diagnosis, but the problem appears
  twice in the sentence. For example, a diagnosis
  might be improper punctuation, and the sentence
  needs two punctuation fixes.
• If a sentence is worth four points, that means
  there are two problems (diagnoses) and one
  instance of each problem in the sentence (two
  fixes).

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Grammar Review

• The errors pertain to the grammar rules and usage
  we studied all semester, including
• Unclear antecedent reference or agreement
• Parallel structure
• Incorrect voice or tense for literary analysis
• Incomplete sentences sentence fragments
• Comma splices
• Incorrect punctuation
• Clutter
• Spelling
• Accuracy (as to the facts of the story or
  character)
• Improper style (formatting of quotes, book
  titles, etc.)

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Grammar Review

• Example
• ORIGINAL Through flashbacks, we see that Jack
  enjoyed being his childrens hero. (2 points)
• DIAGNOSIS Incorrect voice (first person)
• PRESCRIPTION Flashbacks reveal that Jack enjoyed
  being his childrens hero.

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Grammar Review

• Example
• ORIGINAL Crooks says to Lennie Books aint no
  good (3 points)
• DIAGNOSIS
• Punctuation (comma, period)
• PRESCRIPTION
• Crooks says to Lennie, Books aint no good.

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Grammar Review

• Example
• ORIGINAL Of Mice and Men is the story of two
  bindlestiffs named George and Lenny. (4 points)
• DIAGNOSIS
• MLA style (book title) spelling (characters
  name)
• PRESCRIPTION Of Mice and Men is the story of two
  bindlestiffs named George and Lennie.