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Identify the mistake: You may need to know about Trinidad, before you visit.
run-on
comma usage
no mistake
comma splice
2
Identify the mistake: I love to watch basketball, it is my favorite sport.
verb tense
no mistake
run-on
comma splice
3
Identify the mistake: As a great catastrophe, the witty poem centers on a trivial matter.
misplaced modifier
parallel structure
comma usage
paradox
4
Identify the mistake: Jonathan, who is my nephew threw the ball and broke his son's nose.
comma splice
parallel structure
parenthetical element comma
comma in a series
5
Identify the mistake: Shakespeare wrote more plays than me.
no mistake
comma usage
pronoun usage
capitalization
6
Identify the mistake: Many dogs are, affectionate and trusting.
comma usage
end punctuation
parallel structure
fragment
7
Identify the mistake: Yesterday's lecture was presented by a guest speaker.
parallel structure
misplaced modifier
passive verb
comma usage
8
Identify the mistake: Everyone who reads has their favorite book.
pronoun usage
no mistake
misplaced modifier
parenthetical elements
9
Identify the mistake: Someone left their backpack in the room.
no mistake
fragment
pronoun usage
verb tense
10
Identify the mistake: Many of Tennyson's poems celebrated history, as poet laureate.
misplaced modifier
verb usage
parallel structure
comme
11
Identify the mistake: Kobie is taller than I.
no mistake
pronoun
ending punctuation
verb usage
12
Identify the mistake: When Elizabeth made her famous speech, the Armada threatened England.
fragment
comma splice
no mistake
verb tense
13
Identify the mistake: Professional ball does not interest me, however; college ball excites me.
run-on
verb tense
no mistake
semi-colon usage
14
Identify the mistake: I found - and this is really cool - a pot of gold.
parenthetical elements
verb shift
comma usage
no mistake
15
Identify the mistake: Middle English was spoken by people in Chaucer's day.
parallel structure
comma usage
misplaced modifier
passive verb
16
Identify the mistake: He fell on the court and breaks his leg.
verb tense
comma usage
pronoun usage
no mistake
17
Identify the mistake: I felt: no pain, gentle numbness, and tremendous sadness.
no mistake
commas in a series
colon usage
verb tense
18
Identify the mistake: Milton wrote many prose works, but is more famous for his poetry.
no mistake
comma splice
unnecessary comma
run-on
19
Identify the mistake: In sonnets to his wife, in fourteen lines of iambic pentameter.
comma splice
fragment
no mistake
run-on sentence
20
Identify the mistake: While he slept, cried, and was cooing, I wondered what he would become.
commas in a series
parallel structure
comma splice
misplaced modifier
21
Identify the mistake: Pleasure means listening to sound, appreciating words, and pay attention.
misplaced modifier
parallel structure
ending punctuation
items in a series
22
Identify the mistake: When I met Rob, he smiles at me.
no mistake
verb tense
comma usage
pronoun usage