Common Writing Mistakes Flashcards
(2 cards)
1
Q
What are common writing mistakes
A
- Subject-verb agreement errors
- Pronoun-antecedent agreement errors
- Dangling modifiers are incorrect
- Misplaced modifiers
- Number use errors
- Punctuation errors
- Parallelism errors
2
Q
More common writing mistakes
A
- Omit unnecessary words
- Commonly misused nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc.
- Recognize and correct sentence fragments
- Recognize and omit colloquial expressions
- Use person first language to indicate that people matter
- Do not end clauses with any of the following or similar words….see list
- Observations should be written in the past tense
