UHCL Writing Center Grammar Refresher UHCL Writing Center Adapted from EasyWriter Resources, Andrea A. Lunsford, (http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/easywriter3e/20errors/default.asp)

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UHCL Writing Center Grammar Refresher UHCL Writing Center Adapted from EasyWriter Resources, Andrea A. Lunsford, (

UHCL Writing Center 1) Missing comma after an introductory element

UHCL Writing Center 2) Vague pronoun reference

UHCL Writing Center 3) Missing comma in a compound sentence

UHCL Writing Center 4) Wrong word

UHCL Writing Center 5) Missing comma(s) with extra information

UHCL Writing Center 6) Wrong or missing verb ending

UHCL Writing Center 7) Wrong or missing preposition

UHCL Writing Center 8) Comma splice

UHCL Writing Center 9) Missing or misplaced possessive apostrophe

UHCL Writing Center 10) Unnecessary shift in tense

UHCL Writing Center 11) Unnecessary shift in pronoun

UHCL Writing Center 12) Sentence fragment

UHCL Writing Center 13) Wrong tense or verb form

UHCL Writing Center 14) Lack of subject-verb agreement

UHCL Writing Center 15) Missing comma in a series

UHCL Writing Center 16) Lack of agreement between pronoun and antecedent

UHCL Writing Center 17) Unnecessary comma(s) with a restrictive element

UHCL Writing Center 18) Run-on/ fused sentence

UHCL Writing Center 19) Misplaced or dangling modifier

UHCL Writing Center 20) Its/It's confusion