If You’re Taking a 300-Level English Course, You Should Know These Grammar Rules

Avoid dangling modifiers and vague antecedents.

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1. If You’re Taking a 300-Level
   English Course, You Should
   Know These Grammar Rules
   

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2. Avoid Dangling Modifiers
   

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3. Wrong
   After finishing her
   homework, the TV
   was free to use.
   

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4. Wrong
   After finishing her
   homework, the TV
   was free to use.
   

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5. Wrong
   After finishing her
   homework, the TV
   was free to use.
   Right
   After finishing her
   homework, she turned
   her attention to the TV.
   

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6. Avoid Vague Antecedents
   

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7. Wrong
   Lord Mormont was
   unable to convince
   the Hand of the King
   that the Wall needed
   more men. This was
   the subject of a bitter
   debate in the Small
   Council.
   

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8. Wrong
   Lord Mormont was
   unable to convince
   the Hand of the King
   that the Wall needed
   more men. This was
   the subject of a bitter
   debate in the Small
   Council.
   

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9. Wrong
   Lord Mormont was
   unable to convince
   the Hand of the King
   that the Wall needed
   more men. This was
   the subject of a bitter
   debate in the Small
   Council.
   Right
   Lord Mormont was
   unable to convince
   the Hand of the King
   that the Wall needed
   more men. This failure
   was the subject of a
   bitter debate in the
   Small Council.
   

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10. Wrong
    Boeing’s 737 Max has
    been grounded since
    two deadly crashes
    killed 346 people. It has
    disrupted the global
    aviation industry and
    plunged the company
    into the biggest crisis
    the aerospace giant
    has ever faced.
    

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11. Wrong
    Boeing’s 737 Max has
    been grounded since
    two deadly crashes
    killed 346 people. It has
    disrupted the global
    aviation industry and
    plunged the company
    into the biggest crisis
    the aerospace giant
    has ever faced.
    

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12. Wrong
    Boeing’s 737 Max has
    been grounded since
    two deadly crashes
    killed 346 people. It has
    disrupted the global
    aviation industry and
    plunged the company
    into the biggest crisis
    the aerospace giant
    has ever faced.
    Right
    Boeing’s 737 Max has
    been grounded since
    two deadly crashes
    killed 346 people. These
    events have disrupted
    the global aviation
    industry and plunged
    the company into the
    biggest crisis the aero-
    space giant has ever
    faced.
    

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13. Know When to Use ‘Single’
    Quotation Marks and When
    to Use “Double” Quotation
    Marks
    

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14. Wrong
    I hate getting emails
    from a ‘no-reply’
    address.
    Right
    I hate getting emails
    from a “no-reply”
    address.
    

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15. Wrong
    Claire says, “The most
    common reaction I get
    from clients is, “If the
    candidate can’t follow
    simple application
    instructions, how will
    she perform on the
    job?””
    Right
    Claire says, “The most
    common reaction I get
    from clients is, ‘If the
    candidate can’t follow
    simple application
    instructions, how will
    she perform on the
    job?’”
    

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16. Know When to Use a
    “Hyphen,” an “En Dash,”
    and an “Em Dash”
    

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17. Wrong
    Claire says, “The most
    common reaction I get
    from clients is, “If the
    candidate can’t follow
    simple application
    instructions, how will
    she perform on the
    job?””
    Right
    Claire says, “The most
    common reaction I get
    from clients is, ‘If the
    candidate can’t follow
    simple application
    instructions, how will
    she perform on the
    job?’”
    Mark What It
    Looks Like
    When to Use It
    Hyphen - A well-known author.
    En Dash – July 7 – July 8.
    Em Dash — To be or not to be —
    that is the question.
    

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