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Deadly Sins of Rhetoric
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English
Undergraduate 1
10/27/2010

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When I first started high school, I never really pain any attention and I was making bad grades all the time.
Definition
RUN (Run-on Sentence)

When I first started high school[,] I never really paid any attention [and] I was making bad grades all the time.
Term
One of my instructors have written me a letter of recommendation.
Definition
SV AGR (Faulty Subject-verb Agreement)

One of my instructors [have] written me a letter of recommendation.
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That right there just shows me that it is possible,you just have to be seen at the right time and place and be ready for that opportunity and it will happen.
Definition
CS (Comma Splice)

That right there just shows me that it is possible[,]you just have to be seen at the right time and place and be ready for that opportunity and it will happen.
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Maybe even start some form of praise team.
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FRAG (Fragment)

Maybe even start some form of praise team.
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IM mean it may take me two or three years to become full time and the pay is not good at all.
Definition
RUN (Run-on Sentence)

IM mean it may take me two or three years to become full time [and] the pay is not good at all.
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It was kind of weird most kids hated it, but I loved it.
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FUS (Fused Sentence)

It was kind of weird [] most kids hated it, but I loved it.
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After smoking a joint, the car he was driving in ran off the road.
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DANG (Misplaced or Dangling Modifier)
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The baseball was hit by John.
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PASS (Passive Voice)
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After the car left the scene, the police searched it.
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PRO REF (Pronoun Reference Fault)
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There are an awful lot of people who are running for governor.
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CRUTCH/EXP (Crutch verbs/Expletives)
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My ultimate goal right now is to become a professional baseball player, but I have a lot of improving to do.
Definition
CRUTCH (Crutch Verbs)
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Neither of my two suitcases are adequate for this trip.
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VS AGR (Faulty Subjectverb Agreement)

Neither of my two suitcases [are] adequate for this trip.
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The people of the world need an education and I want to help give it to them
Definition
RUN (Run-on Sentence)
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The bank ran out of money when they opened the new building
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PRO/ANT AGR (Pronoun-antecedent Agreement)
Term
Then go to church every Sunday for Sunday school and praise and worship.
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FRAG (Fragment)
Term
Never lacking in my work or stop coming with fresh ideas to improve the already made or making the new.
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FRAG (Fragment)
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This may sound a little harsh it's the way I feel.
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FUS (Fused Sentence)

This may sound a little harsh [] it's the way I feel.
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Politicians are the reason why I don't liketo vote.
Definition
CRUTCH (Crutch Verb)
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