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Awkward Sentences Mixed or Confused Construction

Awkward Sentences Mixed or Confused Construction. Compiled by Terri Yueh. What’s wrong with the sentences?. The reason Mary snapped at Tom was because he kept forgetting their anniversary. A comma splice is when two sentences are joined by only a comma.

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Awkward Sentences Mixed or Confused Construction

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  1. Awkward SentencesMixed or Confused Construction Compiled by Terri Yueh

  2. What’s wrong with the sentences? • The reason Mary snapped at Tom wasbecausehe kept forgetting their anniversary. • A comma splice is when two sentences are joined by only a comma. • Because Larry studies every day explains why he has a high grade-point average. • When children don’t take naps makes them cross. • By planning ahead is a good way to get into the college of your choice. • One example of his bad behavior is when he misses classfor no reason at all. • Examples are selected from Prentice Hall Handbook for Writers

  3. What’s wrong with the sentences? • The reason Mary snapped at Tom was that he kept forgetting their anniversary. • A comma splice occurs when two sentences are joined by only a comma. • Larry’s studying every day explains why he has a high grade-point average. • When children don’t take naps, they get cross. • Planning ahead is a good way to get into the college of your choice. • One example of his bad behavior is his missing class for no reason at all. • Prentice Hall Handbook for Writers

  4. Faulty Subject-PredicateMixed Construction

  5. Faulty predicates • To be An important step in skiing isstopping. • An important step in skiing is learning to stop. • Is when & is where A hasty generalization is when you jump to conclusion.  To make a hasty generalization is to jump to conclusion. • A hasty generalization involves jumping into conclusion. Frostbite is where skin tissue has been frozen. • Frostbite appears where the skin tissue has been frozen.

  6. Faulty predicates • The reason is because The reason he went to Los Angeles was because he wanted to visit Mickey. • The reason he went to Los Angeles was that he wanted to visit Mickey. • He went to Los Angeles because he wanted to visit Mickey. • IF If a student who takes not interest in his studies, he won’t be bale to do his lessons well. • If a student takes no interest in his studies, he won’t be able to do his lessons well.

  7. Mixed Constructions • With every effort the student made to explain his problem got him more confused. • With every effort the student made to explain his problem, he got more confused. • Every effort the student made to explain his problem got him more confused. • You may take any book that you think it is fit for you. • You may take any book that you think is fit for you.

  8. Mixed Constructions • That fact that Mary was a good sectary she had many offers for promotion. • That fact that Mary was a good sectary resulted in her having many offers for promotion. • Because Mary was a good sectary, she had many offers for promotion. • Mary stayed at a mountain resort, and most of her timewas spent skiing. • Mary stayed at a mountain resort and spent most of her time skiing.

  9. Exercise • Anxiety is when one is uneasy or distressed about future uncertainties. • Mary’s salad is delicious because by using her grandmother’s recipe is how she learned to make it. • If we have another 10 inches of rain this spring, that we will no longer have a rainfall deficit. • Because he had been wasting his money and forgetting to make regular bank deposits was the reason why John couldn’t keep up his house loan. • Yesterday I drove to Taichung, which driving at the legal speed limit, I reached there by dark.

  10. Answers • Anxiety is a state of uneasiness or distress about future uncertainties. • Mary’s salad is delicious because she learned to make it from her grandmother’s recipe. • If we have another 10 inches of rain this spring, we will no longer have a rainfall deficit. • Because he had been wasting his money and forgetting to make regular bank deposits, John couldn’t keep up his house loan. • Yesterday I drove to Taichung at the legal speed limit, so I reached there by dark. Yesterday I drove to Taichung at the legal speed limit, reaching there by dark.

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