Type II and III Errors

Type II Errors

1. Disagreement of pronoun and antecedent (Sect. 6b)
2. Dangling or misplaced modifier (Sect. 25)
3. Faulty parallelism (Sect. 26)
4. Ambiguous, broad, and vague pronoun reference (Section 28)
5. Error in pronoun case (Sect. 5)
6. Error in verb tense (Sect. 7)
7. Shifts (Sect. 6, 7, and 27)
8. Sentence unity (Sect. 23)

Types III Errors

1. Misspelling and hyphenation (Sect. 18)
2. Punctuation and capitalization (Sects. 9 and 17)
3. Usage (and glossary) (Sect. 19)
4. Adjective or adverb use (Sect. 4)
5. Omission of or addition of unnecessary words (Sects. 21 and 22)
6. Subordination and coordination (Sect. 24)
7. Sentence emphasis and variety (Sects. 29 and 30)
8. Logical thinking (Sect. 31)
9. Exactness (Sect 20)

 

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