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Correction Sheet |
Why do I have to make a
correction sheet?
If you are asked to make a correction sheet, it is because
you have
made a consistent error in your writing that I believe can best be
corrected
by your focused concentration on the grammar and punctuation topics
that
we have covered in class, are in your textbook or in your American
English - American English (monolingual) dictionary.
How do I make a correction sheet?
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First, find the
sentences in your paper
that have a circled number next to them.
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These sentences have errors in them. It is your job to figure out what
is wrong with the sentence, or a part of the sentence. Use your class
notes
and our textbook. If you can't figure out what is wrong, you may ask me
during my office hour, you may ask one of the teachers or student
assistants
in the ELI's LDC, or you can ask a trusted friend. Or for great on-line
help go to Guide to Grammar and Writing
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Next, on a piece of
paper, write out
the sentence that has an error in it (write it with the error still in
it).
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Third, under the
sentence with a mistake
in it, write a correct version of the sentence.
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Fourth, under the
corrected sentence,
write a brief explanation about why the new sentence is correct.
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Repeat the correction
process for all
the sentences with circled numbers next to them.
That's it! For an example, see below:
Correction for Error #1
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My dog Nippy had a good reason to run after my neighbor's cat it had
just
swatted him in the nose!
- My dog Nippy had a good reason to run after my
neighbor's cat; it had just
swatted him in the nose!
- The sentence was a run-on (there were two
independent clauses joined without
any type of punctuation), so I fixed it by putting a semicolon between
the two independent clauses.
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