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  1. Example of Global Revisions
  2. Example of Sentence-Level Revisions
  3. Cycles of global revision (for writers)
  4. Checklist for global revision (for reviewers)
  5. Using coordination to combine sentences of equal importance
  6. Using subordination to combine sentences of unequal importance
  7. Checking for dangling modifiers
  8. Checking for sentence fragments
  9. Checking for run-on sentences
  10. When to use the -s (or -es) form of a present-tense verb
  11. Major uses of the comma
  12. Evaluating a website
  13. Reviewing a research paper: Global Revisions
  14. Reviewing a research paper: Use of sources
To view and print Transparencies 15-32 as a group, click here.
  1. EXERCISE 8-2: Coordination and subordination
  2. EXERCISE 9-1: Parallelism
  3. EXERCISE 11-1: Mixed constructions
  4. EXERCISE 12-1: Misplaced or awkwardly placed modifiers
  5. EXERCISE 12-2: Dangling modifiers
  6. EXERCISE 13-1: Shifts
  7. EXERCISE 19-1: Sentence fragments
  8. EXERCISE 20-2: Run-on sentences
  9. EXERCISE 21-2: Subject-verb agreement
  10. EXERCISE 22-1: Pronoun-antecedent agreement
  11. EXERCISE 23-1: Pronoun reference
  12. EXERCISE 24-1: Distinguishing between pronouns such as I and me
  13. EXERCISE 26-1: Adjectives and adverbs
  14. EXERCISE 27-1: Irregular verbs
  15. EXERCISE 28-1: Verb tense and mood
  16. EXERCISE 28-2: Active and passive voice
  17. EXERCISE 32-5: All uses of the comma
  18. EXERCISE 33-1: Unnecessary commas