Sentence structure mistakes

It is a group of words containing at least two independent clauses without punctuation marks. This mistake also applies to sentences with initial dependent clauses and no comma between the subordinate and the main clause.

• run-on sentence

• comma splice

• fragment

• faulty parallelism

It is a mistake that occurs when two independent clauses are punctuated only by a comma, with no conjunction between them.

• run-on sentence

• comma splice

• fragment

• shift in tense

It is a group of words that may form a phrase or a dependent clause but do not form an independent. clause.

• disagreement

• comma splice

• fragment

• shift in tense

It is a mistake that occurs when a verb does not agree with its subject in either person or number.

• disagreement

• comma splice

• fragment

• shift in tense

This mistake occurs when a pronoun does not agree with its antecedent.

• disagreement

• comma splice

• fragment

• shift in person or number

This mistake occurs when the form of discourse is unnecessarily changed.

• disagreement

• comma splice

• fragment

• shift in the form of discourse

This mistake occurs when the different parts of a sentence are not parallel.

• disagreement

• comma splice

• fragment

• faulty parallelism