Technical Writing Notes #5

3-16-09 Writing Errors: •

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Errors that disturb ○ Run on sentences ○ Its vs It’s ○ Spell checker is ignored ○ Affect vs Effect Errors that distract ○ Missing intro comma ○ Faulty parallelism ○ Unclear pronoun ref. ○ Verb disagreement ○ Verb tense ○ Comprise vs Compose ○ Possiessive Errors that few people notice ○ Different from/than ○ Contraction ○ Split infinitive

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Colons Semi-colons Dashes Commas ○ Separate introductory phrases and clauses ○ Separate parenthetical details ○ Separate items in a list