Proofreading Errors and Corrections 201-212 and 219 by Michelle Felix

Proofreading Errors and Corrections 201-212 and 219 by Michelle Felix https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1 Look over the response papers that I have returned and look for my comments and corrections about your proofreading errors. Try to identify habits that you have - proofreading mistakes that you make repeatedly. Most people don't have 20 different errors in a piece of writing, but they might have two or three types of errors that are repeated. Figure out your "bad habits" that you can correct, and then complete this activity. Identify the type of error that you make most. Explain what the error is, how it's a mistake. Research on the Internet how to correct that error and explain how it's corrected in the Padlet. From your own sentences, show some sentences with errors and then show how you would correct them. Padlet allows you to add images, video links, web page links, and more. Do that if it helps you to explain your error and how to correct it. en-us 2018-08-20 17:27:49 UTC 2026-03-18 23:13:52 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png Template felixm3 https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/320572021 1. Type of error - name and how it's a mistake.
2. Explanation from Internet research about how to correct the error. Explain the rule.
3. Sentences from my response papers with errors.
4. Sentences from response papers corrected.
5. Include relevant images or links.

]]> 2019-01-14 23:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/320572021 I am using sentence fragments for my error. A sentence fragment is a group of words that look like a sentence but isn't because it does not contain an independent clause. You can correct a sentence fragment by attaching it to a completed sentence. To have a complete sentence it must contain three things, it must have a subject, a verb, and a complete thought. Describing their home life and familial background. Of all the missed opportunities of Wes and his sister's childhood. This chapter is describing the boys home life and familial backgrounds. There are so many missed opportunities for Wes and his sister Nikki regarding their childhood and the relationship with both children's fathers. https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/331924563 2019-02-15 21:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/331924563 jamest18 https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/332700235 My main errors are comma splices. A comma splice is when you join two independent clauses with a comma and no conjunction. Some people consider this a type of run-on sentence, while other people think of it as a punctuation error. When you have two independent clauses, a comma is not strong enough to glue them together. There are three common ways to fix a comma splice; add a conjunction, change the comma to a semicolon, or make separate sentences. Mary believes the “DJing” story for the
simple fact that she doesn’t want him grow up and be like his older brother
Tony. she can’t guide Tony in the right direction anymore but she wants to
make sure Wes doesn’t end up that way.]]> 2019-02-19 14:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/332700235 A common error of mine is split infinitives. By definition from the internet, an infinitive is the word “to” with a verb. A split infinitive separates the word “to” and the verb with another word (often an adverb). There are no grammar rules that prohibit split infinitives, but many experts disapprove of them. If the sentence sounds awkward by correcting the split, our rule of thumb is to go with what makes the most sense in the context of your writing and for the ease of reading. (For example, “To boldly go where no man has gone before” would sound awkward and less powerful as, “To go boldly where no man has gone before.”)And another example coming from my responds papers is "In despair and grief, she makes the choice to not sue the hospital for what they have done and caused" (Error) "Patrick coming from a family that isn’t perfect, things tend to happen along the way"(Correct) colascc https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/332925866 2019-02-19 20:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/332925866 CJ Martin https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/332950669 One error I tend to do a lot is called a “run on sentence”. Online definition, A RUN-ON SENTENCE (sometimes called a "fused sentence") has at least two parts, either one of which can stand by itself (in other words, two independent clauses), but the two parts have been smooched together instead of being properly connected. The easiest way to fix a run-on is to split the sentence into smaller sentences using a period, semicolon, a comma and a coordinating conjunction; lastly a subordinating conjunction. Ex from 1 son 4 Overdoses 6 hours response paper “Not only that but his mother also was enabling him at one point of her life therefore living him more confused as to why it was so important he quit using.” I could fix this by adding a semicolon. “Not only that but his mother also was enabling him at one point of her life; therefore living him more confused as to why it was so important he quit using.”

]]> 2019-02-19 21:42:05 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/332950669 Adriana Colon https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/332996160 A common error of mine is a comma splice. A comma splice is when you use a comma on two independent clauses. In order to fix those mistakes you would have to do one of the following; add a conjecture, add a semicolon, or make them separate sentences. "I feel like that hurt Mary’s Wes's future, if he had a little more of punishment

for the things he had done he might not be where he is now." Is an example from one of my responses that used a comma splice. It should be corrected as " I feel like that hurt Mary's Wes's futiure. If he had a little more of a punishment for the things he had done he might not be where he is now."
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/comma-splice/

]]> 2019-02-20 01:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/332996160 bellt37 https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333003643 The errors that I have were using words in different context.
A error of mine is a comma splice. A comma splice is an instance of using a comma to link two independent clauses, you would use a colon, semicolon or conjunction to link the independent clauses. there are three different ways to fix a comma splice. 1.Change a comma to a semicolon. 2.Add a coordinating conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) after the comma. 3.Change the comma to a period. A sentence that was used as a comma splice in my paper was "My thoughts; If you tell your mother that your doing

something then that is what you should be doing." The correct way to write that is " My thoughts: If you tell your mother that your doing something,so that is what you should be doing."

]]> 2019-02-20 01:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333003643 larchsarajojo https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333007181 The most recurring error of mine involves commas and comma splices. A comma splice is an instance of using a comma to link two independent clause (that should be linked by a colon, semicolon, or conjunction)
Comma splices are fixed by adding a coordinating conjunction, changing the comma to a semicolon, or changing the it to a period. A sentence where i used a comma splice incorrectly was "Patrick wasn’t the only person

struggling with addiction, his father is a recovering alcoholic,and his youngest sister

Betsy is a recovering heroin addict herself." When I should've written the sentence as " Patrick wasn't the only person struggling with addiction; his father is a recovering alcoholic, and his youngest sister Betsy is a recovering heroin addict herself."
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/comma-splice-examples.html

]]> 2019-02-20 01:58:13 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333007181 Moett Woods https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333031953 The major error that I constantly find myself making are run on sentences. The professional definition for run-on sentences is “a grammatically faulty sentence in which two or more main or independent clauses are joined without a word to connect them or a punctuation mark to separate them.”I think it is a mistake because if there are two [or more] independent clauses in one sentence, there should be some type of punctuation mark. “The easiest way to fix a run-on sentence would be to split the sentence into smaller sentences, using a period.” Here is an example of a run-on sentence that I wrote in one of my response papers. “After getting high at a literal intervention that his family held for him, he got arrested and was forced to be clean from every drug that he was abusing, even the pills that his doctor prescribed to him, so that his withdrawals wouldn’t be as intense.” I would fix this sentence by taking out a few details so that I can split the sentences into shorter sentences.]]> 2019-02-20 03:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333031953 Markevia Hughes https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333039938 After reviewing my previous response papers, I have acknowledge what mistakes I repeatedly make. One of the errors that is continuously made throughout my papers is not thoroughly developing my response relating to my passage and not always proofreading before submitting my paper. These errors are usually a mistake because I often try to get my point across, but I tend to do a little more explaining than asked. When typing my paper I often spill out what I am trying to stay faster than I can type which often lead to misspelled words or missed comma marks. While doing some research on how to improve my mistakes, I came across some tips that will further help fix this mistake. One of the tips were, pick a time out the day that best works for you to proofread, print a hard copy of your text to see your work on a different format, read your text out loud and slowly. These are the tips I feel will help me successfully not make the same mistakes again. In one of my response papers I say “One morning, Joy decides after talking to her parents back in the Bronx, she then feels like a change of environment is something that her and her family might need”. In sentence I notice that I started to get off topic and thoroughly develop my sentence the way I should. I would correct this by taking my time, fully think out what I want to say before I type it.

]]> 2019-02-20 04:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333039938 https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333474231 One of the two errors I find myself repeatedly doing is having a lot of run on sentences. Run-on sentences are two sentences not separated by a coma]]> 2019-02-21 03:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/felixm3/rdzih67x35h1/wish/333474231