Overview
Me: *Writes something
actually pretty good* My inner critic, determined to
find something wrong with it:
@write_or_left.
For this activity, you will fix some common writing mistakes addressed in the textbook. While these example sentences did not come out of the textbook, they are modeled after some of the mistakes highlighted in Chapter 6 (Pages 115 - 134). Writing is a skill that we constantly need to practice. I, too, learn new things every term! If you feel that some of these are tricky, don't stress too much. I'll be lenient with this assignment just as long as you do your best.
Directions: See if you can identify the error or syntactical peculiarity as explained in the textbook in each of these sentences and then create a new sentence with your corrections.
- Todd Helton is a Hall of Fame baseball player who played for the Colorado Rockies. Critics point out that he hit many of his homeruns and doubles in Coors Field, a park known to benefit hitters.
- I told Jeff that Tom failed his math assignment, and he didn’t like that.
- A video game with great graphics, voice acting, and a fun story.
- I finished work, I went to a baseball game.
- She loves to ride her bike she spends every weekend finding new places to explore.
- Remove the DVD from the disc tray and analyze it.
- There is many reasons to complete assignments before they are due.
- I woke up. The room was bright. It was 9 A.M. I overslept. I got up. I made coffee. I was lonely.
- There is no alternative for our basketball team except to forfeit the game.
- They bought a puppy for my father they named Carl.