Error Analysis
Tying It All Together
The Plan
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Find the errors
Identify what’s wrong
(in 252 vocabulary & concept)
Then fix the errors
– preserving the authors original
intent as much as possible.
Proofing Error (I’ll do this one)
As I read the article by Julia P. Stanley
#1: Find on Homosexual Slang, a lot of things
the Error came as a surprise, however
something’s were familiar because of
my relationship with homosexual peers.
#2: Explain it in 252 Vocab:
Possessive morpheme instead of plural
#3: Fix it:
some things
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Sentence Type
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
The baby’s mother is a king.
Sentence Type
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
She slept a baby in the crib.
Hint:
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Vi doesn’t take an object
Sentence Type
1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
At night, the baby’s nurses always
speak very quiet.
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Hints:
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Type I
ADV complement
Sentence Type
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
Wicked is prototypically an adjective.
Knowing that it is an adjective
automatically informs that it is
describing something.
Hints:
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Type V (Transitive Verb)
Vt requires an object
Sentence Type
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
If we bless someone, the chance that
we will be blessed in return is very likely.
Hints:
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The problem is inside a clause
Something violates Type II pattern
Type II = BE + Adv of Time/Place
Think about the Tense…
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After this we research for more
information to go with what we already
knew…
Any errors?
Any suggestions for revision?
Verb Structure
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
As time passes by, English speaking
persons have become accustom to
using the word “like” as a conjunction.
Hint:
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Become acts like the passive BE here
Verb/Conjunction Combo
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A Chinese woman looks
at a street art
installation on display in
Beijing, China, Thursday,
Oct. 5, 2006. China's
art scene is becoming
popular among foreign
art collectors push
prices ever higher.
Verb Structure
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
The Picture Exchange Communication
System is useful to start language skills
as well as providing those students who
not talk a way of communication.
Hint:
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“Think Auxillary”
No Error:
Identify the Clauses
For instance if I were to say that was
wicked awesome, wicked in this case
helps explain how awesome that was.
Now Identify these Clauses:
Punctuation
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
The adjectival usage has now been
changed to mean something good; and
this trend perhaps follows that of the
slang word "wicked" which means "very
or extremely“…
Since the word wicked has so many
different meanings it can be used in any
part of speech.
You Tell Me…
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
They are trying to make their mark.
Just like there are select words that
only certain people you know say.
Hint:
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“Coordinating Conjunction”
MYTH: Always write in
complete sentences.
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You might wince at the use of
fragments as a literary device, but it
can be done well. Really.
MYTH: Never begin a
sentence with a conjunction.
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And why is that a rule? It isn’t. The
device can be overused, sure. But it
should not be banned.
You Tell Me…
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
Animal rights modern movement can be
tracked to the 1970s, which was
created by philosophers.
Hint:
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Adjectivals typically modify close referents
You Tell Me…
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
The boy showed his interest in
American sports though he was unable
to bring his baseball glove to the
concentration camp, a sport that had
not yet reached Japan.
Hint:
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“Homeless Appositive”
Bad Grammar in the News
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This undated image from a public relations
film on Florida State University provided by
the school shows a young Jim Morrison years
before his more recognized role as lead
singer for The Doors. The state of Florida has
found and restored what it believes to be the
earliest film of Morrison, shot in the early 60s
when he attended Florida State University, 34
years after his death. (AP Photo/Florida State
University via State Archives of Florida)
This sign is at the
bottom of a steep
incline in downtown
Beijing. It means
Caution: Slippery
when wet.
Compare These
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Roppolo could not find any conclusive
evidence to the first usage of the word
blue with this meaning. We do not
know from where it comes.
The word wicked usually has different
meanings because of where we come
from.
Focus on final preposition…
MYTH: Never end a sentence
with a preposition.
The company of which he was the
president
 The company he was president of.
Dance with the partner you came with
 Dance with the partner with whom you
came
You Tell Me…
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
In this sense the word smack is an
onomatopoeia.
Hint:
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Count vs. non-count
You Tell Me…
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
Three words frequently use as slang are
“cool”, “bad”, and “sweet”.
Hint:
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A verb is being used as an adjective, but
hasn’t been modified yet…
You Tell Me…
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
Mothers are often told to let their
children listen to classical music to
improve his future learning, so it seems
like a possible benefit for those learning
a new language.
Hint:
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It’s NOT just the sexist style…
You Tell Me…
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
In this ever changing world
in which we live in
Paul McCartney
You Tell Me…
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All contact center technicians work
together in a single room, with most of
the workspaces around the perimeter.
Hint:
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1. Find the Error
2. Explain it
3. Fix it
To comma or not to comma…
Confession:
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This is an error from one of my papers
DIY Exercise
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Do It Yourself
(or with a friend)
1. Find the Error(s)
2. Explain it/them using 252 Vocab
3. Fix it/them