Wrong Words!
Snarky Sentences!
Grammar Citations!
Catastrophic Commas!
Punk'd Punctuation!
100
The child suffered from a severe allegory to peanuts.
What is inserting the wrong word?
100
People who use marijuana may build up a tolerance for will want a stronger drug.
What is a faulty sentence structure?
100
Priya was watching the great blue heron. Then she slips and falls into the swamp.
What is an unnecessary shift in verb tense?
100
In German nouns are always capitalized.
What is missing a comma after an introductory element?
100
"I grew up the victim of disconcerting confusion", Rodriguez says (249).
What is a mechanical error with a quotation?
200
The company prohibited smoking, which many employees resented.
What is a vague pronoun reference?
200
The current was swift he could not swim to shore.
What is a fused or run-on sentence?
200
Each of the puppies thrived in their new home.
What is a lack of pronoun-antecedent agreement?
200
Many parents, of gifted children, want them to skip a grade.
What is an unnecessary comma?
200
Some Traditional Chinese Medicines containing Ephedra remain legal?
What is unnecessary or missing capitalization?
300
No one came forward to bare witness to the crime.
What is spelling (including homonyms)?
300
We returned to the drugstore. Where we waited for our buddies.
What is a sentence fragment?
300
"Dumpster diving has serious drawbacks as a way of life" (383). Finding edible food is especially tricky.
What is a poorly integrated quotation?
300
Marina who was the president of the club was first to speak.
What is missing comma with a nonrestrictive element?
300
Overambitious parents can be very harmful to a childs well-being.
What is an unnecessary or missing apostrophe (including its/ it's)?
400
Christopher's behavior becomes bizarre that his family asks for help.
What is a missing word?
400
Satrapi says, "When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection."
What is incomplete or missing documentation?
400
The words "I do" may sound simple but they mean a life commitment.
What is a missing comma in a compound sentence?
400
Some of the soldiers were only eleven-years-old.
What is an unnecessary or missing hyphen?
500
I was strongly drawn to her, she had special qualities.
What is a comma splice?
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