COMMON ERRORS LIST
1. Missing commas
Ex. “I typed and typed as a little 3rd grader and my ideas and creativity began to splatter on the pages.”
Ex. “I typed and typed as a little 3rd grader and my ideas and creativity began to splatter on the pages.”
2. Semi Colons needs to be followed by
an independent clause.
Ex. “She had always loved my artwork; especially when I had worked so hard on it.”
Ex. “She had always loved my artwork; especially when I had worked so hard on it.”
3. Unnecessary semi colons
Ex. “Having been so excited about my story; this was heartbreaking to me.”
Ex. “Having been so excited about my story; this was heartbreaking to me.”
4. Indent dialouges
5. Colons instead of semicolons
Ex. “This frightened Louie, so he ran away from his home, maybe even his city.”
Ex. “This frightened Louie, so he ran away from his home, maybe even his city.”
6. Work on transitions
7. Connecting the other paragraphs to
the opening one
8. Analyze quotes
9. Stay in one tense
10. Formatting
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