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Wild
100
Which sentence error is this? While it's really nice.
What is a fragment?
100
I love my cat.
What is a simple sentence?
100
a word used to describe action or state of being
What is a verb?
100
Last Christmas season, I went to the tree farm, the toy store, and walking Candy Cane Lane. Last Christmas season, I went to the tree farm, to the toy store, and ___________
What is to Candy Cane Lane
100
Fix this error. My neighbor Joseph is a great guy unfortunately he smells like garbage when he doesn't shower
What is My neighbor, Joseph, is a great guy; unfortunately, he smells like garbage when he doesn't shower.
200
Which type of sentence error is this? I love cheese, I enjoy crackers
What is a comma splice?
200
The author discusses how communication can be difficult, but the end result can be worth it.
What is a compound sentence?
200
a word or phrase that may be substituted for a noun or noun phrase
What is a pronoun?
200
It's faster to go to Starbucks than buying coffee at a mini mart.
One rewording: It's faster to go to Starbucks for coffee than to go to a mini mart. DAILY DOUBLE: fix the parallelism in this sentence!
200
I barely made it through midterms, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Rewrite this sentence without the cliche.
One possible option: I barely made it through midterms, but I feel more prepared to take on the rest of the semester now.
300
What are two of the many options one has to fix a run on sentence?
What is 1) adding a FANBOY(S) and a comma 2) adding a subordinating conjunction (and comma if necessary) 3) semicolon or period followed by a conjunctive adverb and a comma 4) a period.
300
Combine these ideas into a complex sentence: dancing and a broken foot (there are many ways to do this)
What is "Because I danced too quickly, I broke my foot" or "I broke my foot since I was dancing too much." etc. "While I was dancing, I broke my foot." "I broke my foot dancing when I slipped and fell."
300
Which of these words are adjectives? Amanda's cat is absolutely beautiful since she was born with a fluffy, multicolored coat that has a circular pattern.
What is Amanda's, beautiful, fluffy, multicolored, and circular?
300
The Tutorial Center brochures are better than the library.
The Tutorial Center brochures are better than the brochures for the library.
300
How would you fix this sentence? I love to run, dancing, and flied.
What is I love to run, dance, and fly.
400
Fix the error. Eye witness identification is often unreliable due to the fact that many people's concepts of what have occurred are warped by their schema for life. Since people experience things differently. It makes it hard to determine what they actually experienced and what they truly remembered.
What is Eye witness identification is often unreliable due to the fact that many people's concepts of what have occurred are warped by their schema for life. Since people experience things differently, It makes it hard to determine what they actually experienced and what they truly remembered?
400
The structure of a complex sentence that requires a comma.
What is dependent clause before independent clause
400
Mrs. Mitchell very much enjoys group tutoring; however, she'll be going on maternity leave soon. What part of speech is "however"?
What is a conjunctive adverb?
400
The Herndon campus boasts less crowded parking, shorter distances between classes, and is hidden behind a car dealership. Reword this sentence and use a subordinating clause at the beginning of your sentence.
Although the Herndon campus is hidden behind a car dealership, it boasts less crowded parking and shorter distances between classes.
400
Covered with hot, melted cheese, I ate the pizza. Correct this sentence without the misplaced modifier.
i ate the pizza covered in hot, melted cheese.
500
Fix the error. Functional fixedness is when you have an object and do not realize it can be used for other tasks for example when you are running through the rain and have a book but no umbrella with you if you realize that you may use the book to shield yourself from the rain then you have overcome functional fixedness.
What is Functional fixedness is when you have an object and do not realize it can be used for other tasks; for example, you are running through the rain and have a book but no umbrella with you. If you realize that you may use the book to shield yourself from the rain, then you have overcome functional fixedness
500
Fix the sentence and determine which sentence type it is: When I leave the house my cat comes with me and I have to protect her from people who want to pet her roughly because I do not want her to be harmed.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
I went to Chipotle even though my friend told me that I would get Salmonella. "Even though" is this part of speech.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
500
Combine these two sentences and make the structure parallel: Most overactive social media users hate ignored posts. They love to be praised.
Most overactive social media users hate ignored posts and love praise.
500
How would one fix this? Kathy’s parents objected that she played loud music and to the late hours she kept
What is Kathy’s parents objected to the loud music she played and to the late hours she kept?