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Frequency of Formal Errors in Current College Writing, or Ma and Pa Kettle Do Research.

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Conners, 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

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Freeman, Donald C. – College Composition and Communication, 1981

Considers "unpacking" or "deconstructing" sentences (the reverse of sentence combining) an effective teaching technique that helps students to develop clear predication and eliminate their tendency to use vague, confusing nominalized verbs. (RL)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Students, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns