Error Code

• M2b: Use a hyphen to connect two or more words functioning as an adjective before a noun.
  • Mr. Douglas gave Toshiko a seashell and some newspaper-wrapped fish to take home to her mother.
    • She eventually kept two of my best essays the she thought were college-written essays.
• W4c: In most context, avoid slang, regional expressions, and nonstandard English.
  • The government’s “filth” guidelines for food will gross you out.
  • The government’s “filth” guidelines for food will disgust you.
    • My high school was always checking up on me, making sure that I took the right courses next year or when I was struggling I had someone to talk to.
• G5a: A sentence fragment is a word group that pretends to be a sentence.
  • On that morning I sat in my usual spot. On the old wooden stool in the corner of my grandmother’s kitchen.
  • On that morning I sat in my usual spot, on the old wooden stool in the corner of my grandmother’s kitchen.
    • Whether it is being a cop writing a ticket, a judge looking at evidence, or an FBI agent evaluating a scene of a crime, it all comes back to that research paper.
• G3a: Making pronouns and antecedents agree.
  • Dr. Ava Berto finished her rounds.
    • A young scholar should want to make sure that there are facts to back his or hers writing.
• P1a: Use comma before a coordinating conjunction joining independent clauses.
  • Nearly everyone has heard of love at first sight, but I feel in love at first dance.
    • My high school did not have great teachers, but the counselors were great at keeping students on track.