Directions: Use the following list to explain why each answer choice is incorrect. Write the number that corresponds to the error next to the answer choice.

CIRCLE the correct answer AND revise the sentence to make it right.

List of errors common errors

Note: This is not a complete list of errors.

1. Pronoun-antecedent agreement - singular noun NEEDS singular pronoun; plural noun NEEDS PLURAL pronoun

2. Wordiness – the phrase is redundant

3. Comma Splice – two sentences are combined improperly using only a comma in-between the two

4. Sentence Fragment – the sentence is missing either a subject or a predicate

5. Mixed Construction – the sentence is not formed with similar or proper parts (subject + predicate OR phrase + clause)

6. Misplaced Modifier – descriptive words/phrase are placed incorrectly in the sentence and seemingly describe the wrong subject/object

7. Pronoun error – use of an object pronoun when a subject pronoun should be used (object pronouns = me, his, her, your, their; subject pronouns = I, he, she, it, we, they)

8. Idiom error

9. Faulty comparison – the two subjects/objects being compared are not the same type and therefore cannot logically be compared

10.Subject-verb Agreement – singular subject = singular verb; plural subject = plural verb, compound subjects (noun AND noun) = plural; subjects using OR (noun OR noun) = whatever the last noun is

11.Faulty Parallelism – words and phrases are not set-up in the same way within a sentence

12. Tense shift – the verbs within a sentence have different tenses

13.Ambiguous pronoun – it is uncertain what a pronoun is replacing