9: Correct Usage

Question 1

an incomplete sentence

Answer 1

Sentence Fragment

Question 2

is two or more sentences improperly joined together

Answer 2

run-on sentence

Question 3

Problems in Grammatical Constructions

Answer 3

Sentence Fragment
run-on sentence
Split Constructions
Parallel Construction
Dangling Modifiers
Misplaced Modifiers

Question 4

Are adjective phrases and clauses that are not connected to any word or phrase in the sentence. These danglers cause confusion; the reader does not understand what they modify.

Answer 4

Dangling Modifiers

Question 5

Involves expressing two or more related ideas in the same grammatical form.

Answer 5

Parallel Construction

Question 6

These are phrases or clauses that that are not placed close enough to the word they modify. Thus they may appear to modify some word other than the one they intended to modify.

Answer 6

Misplaced Modifiers

Question 7

usually precedes the noun it modifies.

Answer 7

single modifier

Question 8

a word, phrase or clause that functions as modifier but does not clearly modify a word in a sentence.

Answer 8

Dangling Modifier

Question 9

ideas and words are not parallel, thus causing faulty construction or error in grammatical form.

Answer 9

Faulty Parallelism

Question 10

a word, phrase or clause that function as modifier but not placed close to the word it modifies.

Answer 10

Misplaced Modifier