Stylistic errors Flashcards
Which is why we decided never to feed the birds in the field again.
sentience fragment
I stand on our balcony looking down on the street, it’s five-thirty in the evening
or thereabouts.
comma splice
We left the museum they entered as we exited
run-on sentences
This car has style, elegance, and is European designed.
faulty parallelism
If a person doesn’t follow a healthy diet, you can suffer a stroke or a heart attack
shift in person
The professor explained what she expected of us and then she sits in her chair
and tells us to begin.
shift in tense
To reach the other side of the lake, a ferry must be taken.
dangling modifier
In Canada, the media is largely based in Ottawa and Toronto.
subject and verb agreement
Alcohol is an escape from reality for some people
illogical or incongruous alignment
the hot summer sun is scorching
tautology
The sky grew dark, and the stalls began to be closed by the vendors.
shift in voice
The bats were out when we left Midland for Blythe, swooping and screeching
misplaced modifier
comma splice
Two sentences are joined with a comma and not a semicolon or period
Run-on/fused sentence
Two sentences run together, without a comma separating them
Sentence Fragments
Appears to be a sentence but is lacking a verb or subject to make it one
