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The 20 Most Common Student Errors

Basic Sentence Patterns

Adjectives/Adverbs

Using Independent Clauses

Using Subordinate Clauses

Using Subordinate Phrases

Fragments & Comma Splices

Subject-Verb Agreement

Problems with Subjects & Verbs

Using Adjectives & Adverbs

Pronoun Case

Pronoun Reference & Other Pronoun Problems

Problems with the Comma

Using Standard Punctuation

Paragraph Development I

Paragraph Development II

The -s Marker in Writing

The -ed Marker in Writing
Apostrophes

Capitalization

Commonly Confused Words