Modifiers
This error happens when a modifier is placed too far away from the word it’s supposed to modify, causing confusion.
What is a misplaced modifier?
This type of pronoun case is used as the subject of a sentence.
What is a nominative pronoun?
This occurs when two independent clauses are incorrectly joined with just a comma, without a conjunction or semicolon.
What is a run-on sentence?
This term refers to how you change adjectives or adverbs to compare one thing to another (e.g., bigger, more beautiful).
What is degree of comparison?
This refers to the perspective from which a story or text is told.
What is point of view?
This type of modifier error occurs when the modifier is not clearly connected to the word it is meant to describe, creating confusion.
What is a dangling modifier?
This pronoun case is used to show possession.
What is a possessive pronoun?
This is a sentence fragment caused by the absence of a subject, verb, or complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
This error happens when a modifier is used incorrectly or in the wrong form (e.g., "more better" instead of "better").
What is incorrect use of modifiers?
This principle refers to using a variety of sentence structures and word choices to maintain reader interest.
What is variety?
This is the correct placement of a modifier, where it is placed next to the word it is modifying.
What is correct modifier placement?
The correct application of this type of pronoun involves using the objective case (me, him, her) after action verbs or prepositions.
What is a pronoun in the objective case?
This principle ensures that all parts of a sentence contribute to a single main idea or topic.
What is unity?
The use of words like "more" or "most" with adjectives or adverbs to compare things is an example of this.
What is comparative and superlative forms?
This type of error occurs when a pronoun is unclear because it could refer to more than one noun.
What is pronoun reference?
A common application of fixing a dangling modifier is by adding the subject to the sentence or rephrasing the sentence for clarity.
What is revising for clarity?
This principle involves ensuring that a pronoun agrees in number and gender with the noun it refers to.
What is pronoun-antecedent agreement?
This type of construction links ideas of equal importance using coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or).
What is coordination?
This is the use of modifiers to make sure they fit the meaning of the sentence and are in their correct form.
What is correct use of modifiers?
This principle ensures that a sentence has the correct form of a verb to match the subject.
What is correct use of pronouns?