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The Penguin Handbook Common Errors Workbook Agreement errors using each The art of typing a dash Capitalizing with colons, parentheses, . . . Colons misused with lists Comma splices Commas with long introductory modifiers Commas with that and . . . Commonly misspelled words Confusing narrator with author Confusing the past tense and past . . . Do not use a comma to set off a . . . Do not use an apostrophe to make a noun Do not use dashes as periods Empty intensifiers Faulty parallel structure Fragments Hyphens with numbers Identifying compound sentences that . . . Indefinite pronouns Irregular adjectives and adverbs: . . . Main clauses connected with conjunctive Making abbreviations and acronyms . . . Missing verb endings Placement of limiting modifiers Plagiarism in college writing Possessive forms of personal pronouns . . . Problems created by the pronoun . . . Pronoun agreement with compound . . . Punctuation of abbreviations and . . . Quotations within quotations Run-on sentences Sentences that begin with infinitive . . . Subjects separated from verbs Unnecessary tense shift Using periods, commas, colons, and . . . Vague use of this Who or Whom Words often confused Copyright © 1995-2010, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Longman Legal and Privacy Terms