Sentence
Formation:
A sentence is an expression of an assertion, explanation, proposal, question,
or command.
Common errors include:
| Fragments | · After we got home. |
| Run-ons | · My brother came home from school he left to play basketball. |
| Phrases or clauses used incorrectly which interfere with the meaning of the sentence | · She decided to the flowers .· Drinking my milk, the cookies seemed irresistible. |
Usage:
Standard usage includes agreement, tense, and case.
Common errors include:
| Incorrect use of verbs | · Mary and her sister wants to go to the mall. · I went to school yesterday. I eat lunch. After lunch, I played with my friends. · I might could go fishing. · If I am a fireman, I would help others. |
| Pronoun misuse | · Everyone raised their hands. · Between you and I, the test was hard. · John and myself went to school. |
| Incorrect formations | · hisself, theirselves, bestest |
| Failure to use a word according to its standard meaning | · He wanted to sale the boat. · I am glad I have the chance to suppress my feelings. |
Mechanics:
Mechanics involves the use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Common errors include:
| Incorrect Capitalization | · did he give it away? · The teacher's name is tom evans. · Jose and i went to the store. · George eats Bananas and Oranges. |
| Incorrect Punctuation | · Why did she go home early. · John plays golf tennis and baseball. · Tom said Go to the store." · We can help the one's in reading class. |
| Patterns of misspellings of common words or incorrect pluralization. | · freind for friend · boxs for boxes · droped for dropped · gril for girl |