Sentence Error Correction

Strategy 1: Chunking Address each underlined portion of a sentence as a true/false question. This is called chunking; this strategy can lessen the overall stress caused by the physical appearance of Sentence Error questions

Strategy 1: Chunking 1.Although canoeing through the rapids was exciting, it was also exhausting, and we were happy to have the canoe float serene down a smooth stretch of the river. No error Known Knowns only one underlined part of the sentence may be wrong there may be no error

Strategy 1: Chunking read through the first error (to the punctuation) ask yourself this question: is this grammatically correct as written? 1.Although canoeing through the rapids was exciting, it was also exhausting, and we were happy to have the canoe float serene down a smooth stretch of the river. No error

Strategy 1: Chunking is this grammatically correct as written? Although canoeing through the rapids was exciting through is a preposition does the clause make sense with a different preposition? does the clause stand as a sentence if you remove Although ?

Strategy 1: Chunking is this grammatically correct as written? Although canoeing through the rapids was exciting, it was also exhausting, can this clause stand alone as a sentence (remove also if you are unsure)? does was agree with the tense established by the first part of the sentence?

Strategy 1: Chunking is this grammatically correct as written? 1.Although canoeing through the rapids was exciting, it was also exhausting, and we were happy to have the canoe float serene down a smooth stretch of the river. No error does this clause stand alone as a sentence if you remove and ? does the clause work without serene? does the clause work without down?

Strategy 1: Chunking is this grammatically correct as written? 1.Although canoeing through the rapids was exciting, it was also exhausting, and we were happy to have the canoe float serene down a smooth stretch of the river. No error what part of speech is serene ? what word does serene modify? based on its position, what word should it modify?

Strategy 2: Common Errors Look for the most common errors when addressing each possible sentence error This strategy will lesson the amount of time you spend determining what type of error is being committed

Strategy 2: Common Errors The most common errors are 1.subject/verb agreementsubject/verb agreement 2.pronoun agreementpronoun agreement 3.adjective/adverb confusion 4.errors in idiomerrors in idiom

Strategy 3: Simplify Clauses Boil down each clause to its simplest form, then add the other words to see what works and what may not work Original: Introducing new ideas or even reestablishing old ones is always a highly controversial matter, (this is a lot to absorb as written)

Strategy 3: Simplify Clauses Introducing new ideas or even reestablishing old ones is always a highly controversial matter, This is a lot easier to make sense of; does introducing work here?

Strategy 3: Simplify Clauses Introducing new ideas or even reestablishing old ones is always a highly controversial matter, This is a lot easier to make sense of; does old work here? Does ones work here?

Strategy 3: Simplify Clauses Introducing new ideas or even reestablishing old ones is always a highly controversial matter, Remember, ones really means ideas Introducing new ideas or even reestablishing old ideas is always a highly controversial matter,