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Peer reviewedConners, Robert J.; Lunsford, Andrea A. – College Composition and Communication, 1988
Describes the authors' error-frequency research, relating how they collected 19,615 teacher-marked student papers from the 1980s, analyzed them, and determined the major patterns of formal and mechanical error in current student writing. (SR)
Descriptors: College English, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHarris, Muriel – College Composition and Communication, 1981
Discusses the collected research on free modifiers and "minor sentences," or "formal fragments." Asks English teachers for less concentration on initial placement of modifiers, less rigidity concerning fragments, and more practice with punctuating final free modifiers. (RL)
Descriptors: College Students, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Language Usage
