1. PARALLELISM AND SENTENCE PROBLEMS
Which one is parallel?
(A) My English conversation class is made up of Chinese, Spaniards, and some are from Indonesia.
(B) My English conversation class is made up of Chinese, Spaniard, and Indonesian.
EACH ITEM IN A LIST FOLLOWS THE SAME GRMMMATICAL PATTERNS
Practice 11, part B, p.169

2. B. Sentence Problems:
B.1. Sentence Fragments incomplete sentences or part of sentences.
(a) Because some students work part-time a full load of
courses.
dependent sentence only
(b) For example, the increase in the cost of renting
an apartment.
 no verb
(c) Feeling lonely and failing most of his classes.
 participial phrase
(d) Many young people who leave home at an early age.
 unfinished independent clause
Practice 12, pp

3. B.2 Choppy sentences too short sentences.
e.g., The computer has undoubtedly
benefited humanity. The computer
has also created problems for
humanity.
Practice 13, p.172

4. B.3 Run-on and Comma Splices a sentence in
which two or more independent clauses are
written one after another with no punctuation.
e.g. We went to Surabaya then we visited
the zoo garden.
Why No comma, period, a semicolon, a
coordinator, or a subordinator.
Practice 14, p. 173

5. B.4 A Stringy Sentence a sentence with too many independent clause.
Usually connected with and, but, or because.
e.g., He enrolled in an advanced calculus
class, but he found it too difficult.
he dropped.  change it to complex or compound-
complex sentences.
After he enrolled in an advanced calculus class, he dropped it because he found it too difficult.
Practice 15, p. 175