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Harris, 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