| The Twenty Common Errors from Lunsford's St. Martin's Handbook, 6e | |
|---|---|
| 1. Wrong word | |
| 2. Missing Comma after Introductory Element | |
| 3. Incomplete or Missing Documentation | |
| 4. Vague Pronoun Reference | |
| 5. Spelling (including homonyms) | |
| 6. Mechanical Error with a Quotation | |
| 7. Unnecessary Comma | |
| 8. Unnecessary or Missing Capitalization | |
| 9. Missing Word | |
| 10. Faulty Sentence Structure | |
| 11. Missing Comma with a Nonrestrictive Element | |
| 12. Unnecessary Shift in Verb Tense | |
| 13. Missing Comma in a Compound Sentence | |
| 14. Unnecessary/Missing Apostrophes | |
| 15. Fused (run-on) Sentence | |
| 16. Comma Splice | |
| 17. Lack of Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement | |
| 18. Poorly Integrated Quotation | |
| 19. Unnecessary or missing hyphen | |
| 20. Sentence fragment |