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Assignment 1: Summary

Sentences with Errors Description of Error/ Explanation and Correction


Correction Symbol Remarks
From the cheating case, 1. article error 1. Portion is a She also presents
Salerno has discovered that countable noun, her discovery of an
the best way to reduce 2. Missing a verb so I need to add effective testing
cheating is designing a final an article before method applying
exam with both in-class the singular both an in-class and
portion, which worth 60- countable noun. a take home portion
70% and take-home portion, 2. The word
which worth rest of the worth is a not
grade. verb; therefore, I
need to add a to
be verb after the
word which.
From the professors 1. word form error 1. understand is From the
viewpoint, she proposes that not a noun, so I professors
Harvard professors testing 2. collocations need to find the viewpoint, she
method has no significant error noun form and proposes that
values because his take- change it to Harvard professors
home exam instruction cant 3. singular or plural understanding testing method has
assess individuals error 2. The correct no significant value
understand on the class collocation for because his take-
material. understanding home exam
is of not on instruction cant
3. value is assess individuals
singular noun understanding of the
class material.

They pay more attention to 1. Parallel structure 1. grade is a noun, They pay more
their grades compare to (when X so I need to attention to their
comprehend the class compared to Y, change grades rather than
materials. X and Y need to comprehend comprehension of
be the same into noun form, the class materials.
grammatical which is
type) comprehension
She believes take-home 1. Sentence 1. ways for She believes take-
exam also benefit the structure- Run- instances home exams also
students in many ways for on sentence creates a Run-on benefit the students
instances, they soar difficult sentence. I add in many ways such
math questions better 2. singular or plural such as to as grasping difficult
independently. error connect two math questions
ideas together better
3. inaccurate word 2. exam is a independently.
choice countable noun,
so I need to
change to
exams
3. soar is not a
correct verb, so I
change it to
grasping

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