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SENTENCE ERRORS
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The unemployment rate has improved this year, the weather has too.
Julia got lost, however, she could finally arrive at the station on time.
Oliver ordered the ham, potatoes, bread, and butter and hot coffee.
Tim looked into the cabinet all he could see was a piece of cheese.
Every day Gillian searches the horizon he even climbs a tree for a better look.
Because the snow falling in the street.
And that is the end of the story.
My father returned the puppy to his neighbor that had chewed up his sofa.
Lucia gave the money to the homeless woman that she had borrowed from her sister.
My father is a gourmet. Especially he likes wine and cheese.
Fred almost slept twenty hours after the disaster.
Hurrying to work, Carols briefcase fell into a puddle.
When her boyfriend said goodbye to her, she was quite sad and crying all alone in her room.
He either is a thief or a pickpocket.
Jack is quite lazy; on the contrary, his sister is very hard-working.
She now becomes slenderer thanks to a special diet and a lot of exercise.

Identify Sentence Error Types

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SYMBOLS
agreement (S-V, N-pron)
ambiguous, incomprehensible
coherence (wrong use of linking words
/ arrangement of ideas)
comma splice
conflict, mismatch

dang
frag

dangling modifier
fragment

mod
Gr.
para
punc
ro

good idea
misplaced modifier
other grammar errors
parallelism
punctuation mark
run-on, fused

sp
uni

spelling
unity (irrelevant ideas, shift in
pronouns)

vf
vt

wf

verb form
verb tense
very good
word form (plural, singular, part of
speech)
word missing
word order
wrong word, word choice

agr
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coh

wo
ww

Examples
Either John or you has to do it.
Alice told Mrs. Wilson to take her book.
Mike felt dizzy, but he also had a backache.
Mike felt dizzy, he also had a backache.
John is a nice and generous man who is loved by all
his neighbors as well as colleagues. However, he is
rather stingy and rarely returns what he has
borrowed from others.
Walking across the street, a car hit me.
He was quite happy. Because that was what he
wanted.
A child can even understand it.
He is an excellent teacher and very hard-working.
Mary asked me where he had been?
My sister who is living in the USA is a successful
programmer and she has a happy family with a
caring husband and two lovely children who are
university students now which makes her my fathers
favorite.
Do you think it is neccessary?
- My neighbor is a lawyer. I dont like lawyers
because they are too talkative. He is a short man
with tiny eyes and a bald head.
- We need to protect the environment. If we litter,
that may affect your health.
Carol wants watching TV.
My mother has worked in China 5 years ago.
His homesick made him sad.
My father is /\ doctor.
Mary asked me where had he been.
The noise of voices came up from the street.