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Errors that destroy Unity in the Sentence: 1. Run-on Sentence - Sentence where ideas are express after another - Gives the readers almost breathless 2. Comma Splice - Too much use of commas 3. Rambling sentence - Sentence has too many details - Understand what you write 4. Unrelated/Incongruous Ideas Coherence - When the antecedent of a pronoun persona, relative, indefinite Dangling Modifier Rules in Revising Dangling Modifier 1. Place single word that modifies near the word they modify especially if the modifier ___ to describe the wrong word e.g. Wrong He almost ate all the desserts in the party. Right He ate almost all the desserts in the party Elements of a sentence 1. Subject 2. Verb 3. Object Indefinite – must be used in a manner that the pronoun shall have a clear reference

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Errors that destroy Unity in the Sentence:1. Run-on Sentence Sentence where ideas are express after another Gives the readers almost breathless2. Comma Splice Too much use of commas3. Rambling sentence Sentence has too many details Understand what you write4. Unrelated/Incongruous IdeasCoherence When the antecedent of a pronoun persona, relative, indefiniteDangling ModifierRules in Revising Dangling Modifier1. Place single word that modifies near the word they modify especially if the modifier ___ to describe the wrong worde.g. Wrong He almost ate all the desserts in the party.Right He ate almost all the desserts in the party

Elements of a sentence1. Subject2. Verb3. ObjectIndefinite must be used in a manner that the pronoun shall have a clear reference