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

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

Avoid dangling modifiers and vague antecedents.

Jonathan Rick
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December 18, 2019
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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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