Part 6: Grammatical Accuracy and Writing

41. Modifiers

• Premodifiers

• Postmodifiers

• Restrictive modifiers

• Nonrestrictive modifiers

• Dangling modifiers

• Misplaced modifiers

• Squinting modifiers

• Modifier scope and ambiguity

42. Parallel Structure

• Parallel words

• Parallel phrases

• Parallel clauses

• Parallel comparisons

• Correlative conjunction parallelism

• Parallelism in lists

• Faulty parallelism

43. Punctuation

• Full stops (periods)

• Commas

• Semicolons

• Colons

• Apostrophes

• Quotation marks

• Question marks

• Exclamation marks

• Hyphens and dashes

• Parentheses and brackets

• Ellipses

44. Capitalization and Orthographic Conventions

• Capitalization of proper nouns

• Capitalization of titles

• Sentence capitalization

• Spelling conventions

• Hyphenation

• Contractions

• British and American spelling differences

45. Common Grammatical Errors

• Subject–verb disagreement

• Incorrect tense usage

• Article errors

• Pronoun errors

• Preposition errors

• Sentence fragments

• Run-on sentences

• Comma splices

• Faulty parallelism

• Double negatives

• Dangling and misplaced modifiers