AvoidingCommonErrorsofGrammarOneofthemostimportantskillsawritercanhaveistheabilitytocomposeclear,completesentences.ThesentenceisthebasicunitofcommunicationinallformsofEnglish.Funk,McMahan,andDayElementsofGrammarNotallmechanicalerrorsbotherreadersinthesamewayErrorsthatdisturbrun-onsentenceits/it’sspellcheckerignoredErrorsthatdistractmissingintrocommafaultyparallelismunclearpronounrefErrorsthatfewevennoticedifferentfrom/thancontractionsplitinfinitiveThemostimportantaspectofgrammarisunderstandingwhatasentenceisSentence:Asentenceisgroupofwordswithasubjectandaverbthatexpressesacompletethought.Fragment:Afragmentbeingagroupofwordsthateitherismissingasubjectoraverbordoesnotexpressacompletethought.Run-on:Arun-onistwoormoreindependentclausesthatarenotjoinedproperly,forinstance,acommonmistakeistohaveacommabetweentheclauses.Whicharesentences(S),fragments(F),orrun-ons(RO)?Rubidiumhasnomajoruses,however,itismorecommonintheearththanzinc,copper,ornickel.Althoughcarbondioxideoccursnaturally,manhasdramaticallyincreaseditsconcentrationthispastcentury.Severalsystemscandetectplasticexplosives.Forexample,thermalneutronactivationsystems,nitrogensniffersystems,andenhancedx-raysystems.ROSS/FShowninyellowarecorrectionstotheerrorsfromthepreviousslideAlthoughrubidiumhasnomajoruses,itismorecommonintheearththanzinc,copper,ornickel.Althoughcarbondioxideoccursnaturally,manhasdramaticallyincreaseditsconcentrationthispastcentury.Severalsystemscandetectplasticexplosives.Examplesincludethermalneutronactivationsystems,nitrogensniffersystems,andenhancedx-raysystems.NotethatthereareseveralwaystocorrecteachoftheseerrorsRubidiumhasnomajoruses;however,itismorecommonintheearththanzinc,copper,ornickel.Rubidiumhasnomajoruses,butitismorecommonintheearththanzinc,copper,ornickel.Rubidiumhasnomajoruses.Thismetal,however,ismorecommonintheearththanzinc,copper,ornickel.MakinglistsparallelisanotherimportantaspectofgrammarPrintedcircuitboardrelaysarelimitedtosmallcoilvoltages,contactratings,andlackmulti-poleconfigurations.Printedcircuitboardrelaysarelimitedtosmallcoilvoltagesandcontactratings,andlackmulti-poleconfigurations.MakinglistsparallelisanotherimportantaspectofgrammarAnimalsthatcomeincontactwithoilcandeveloprashes,sores,andmayleavethearea.Animalsthatcomeincontactwithoilcandeveloprashesandsores,andmayleavethearea.Animalsthatcomeincontactwithoilcandeveloprashes,sores,andwanderingtendencies.PlacingamodifierinitsappropriateplaceisalsoimportantingrammarTheseproteinsindicatetothebodywhathormonesshouldbegivenoffamongotherthings.Theseproteinsindicate,amongotherthings,tothebodywhathormonesshouldbegivenoff.InmeetingthestaffoftheParksDepartment,thegreatestproblemwasthatofwaterleakage.FromthestaffoftheParksDepartment,welearnedthatthegreatestproblemwasthatofwaterleakage.Unclearpronounreferencescauseambiguitiesit???Becausethereceiverpresentedtheradiometerwithahighfluxenvironment,itwasmountedinasilver-platedstainlesssteelcontainer.Ifyoureceiveane-mailtitledWinAHoliday,donotopenit.Itwilleraseeverythingonyourharddrive.Forwardthise-mailouttoasmanypeopleasyoucan.Thisisaverymaliciousvirusandnotmanypeopleknowaboutit.This???this???AvoidingCommonErrorsofPunctuationPunctuationmarksarethetrafficsignsandsignalsplacedalongthereader’sroad.Theytellhimwhentoslowdownandwhentostop,andsometimestheywarnhimofthenatureoftheroadahead.Trafficengineersdonotalwaysagreeonwhatsignsshouldbeusedandwheretheyshouldbeplaced,andneitherdowritersoreditors.TheodoreM.BernsteinTheCarefulWriter,PunctuationrulesaredesignedtohavesentencesbereadonewayColon:acolonintroducesaformallist,longquotation,equation,ordefinition.Semi-Colon:asemi-coloneitherjoinstwoindependentclauses(closelylinkedinthought)orseparatescomplexitemsinalist.Dash:adashactsasaparenthesistoseparateitemsthatcannotbeseparatedbycommas.Comma:acommaseparatesdetailsinasentence.Acolonintroducesaformallist,longquotation,equation,ordefinitionWestudiedfivetypesofmarsupials:opossums,bandicoots,koalas,wombats,andkangaroos.Thelaboratorygrowthofthiscrystalmadepossibleanewastronomicaltool:agamma-raydetectorwithhigh-energyresolution.Informalwriting,whatisontheleftsideofthecolonshouldstandaloneasaseparatesentence.Oncethelistends,thesentenceends.Althoughequationsareseparatedbywhitespace,theyshouldbetreatedaspartofthesentenceTocalculatethestrain,,weusedequation1:whereisthestressestimatedbyFEPCandEisthemodulusofelasticityofaluminum.=E(1),Em-dashesactasparenthesestoseparateitemsthatcommascannotBecausetwoisotopesofhydrogen—deuteriumandtritium—arelightweight,canbeproducedeasily,andrequirelittleenergy,theyareprimecandidatestobeginthefusionprocess.Afteroneyear,wemeasuredmirrorreflectivityat96percent—ahighpercentage,butnotashighasoriginallyexpected.Becausetwoisotopesofhydrogen(deuteriumandtritium)arelightweight,canbeproducedeasily,andrequirelittleenergy,theyareprimecandidatestobeginthefusionprocess.Afteroneyear,wemeasuredmirrorreflectivityat96percent(ahighpercentage,butnotashighasoriginallyexpected).CommasseparateintroductoryphrasesandclausesAftercoolingtheexhaust