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Mixed and incomplete sentences

• Repeated subject
  Exercises on avoiding a repeated subject, from Citrus College.

Sentence fragments

• Sentence fragments
  Explanations of common causes of sentence fragments with review quizzes, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
  

• Sentence fragments
  Suggestions for identifying and revising sentence fragments, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

• Sentence fragments and complete sentences
  Short list of tips on identifying and correcting fragments, from the University of Richmond.
  

• Sentence fragments
  Brief discussion of fragments, including several tips for testing whether a sentence is a fragment or not, from the University of Victoria.
  

• Seeing and correcting sentence fragments and run-ons
  Explanations and examples, from the University of North Carolina.

Prepositions and prepositional phrases

• Prepositions: Locators in time and space
  Discussion and examples of prepositions and prepositional phrases, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
  

• Prepositions and prepositional phrases
  A list of common prepositions and idiomatic prepositional phrases, from Daytona Beach Community College.

Coordination and subordination

• Subordinating ideas
  A discussion of stating ideas clearly with subordination, from the University of Richmond.
  

• Coordination and subordination
  List of coordinating and subordinating words, with practice sentences, from St. Ignatius College Prep.
  

• Coordination and subordination
  Tips on combining sentences and punctuating them using coordination and subordination, with practice sentences, from Butte College.
  

Pronoun-antecedent agreement

• Agreement
  Discussion of both pronoun and subject-verb agreement, from the University of Victoria.
  

• Pronouns and pronoun-antecedent agreement
  Five strategies for pronoun usage, with several quizzes, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.

Pronoun reference

• Using pronouns clearly
  Tips on agreement and clear reference when using pronouns, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

• Pronoun reference
  Seven tips for clear pronoun usage, including review exercise, from the University of Ottawa.

Misplaced and dangling modifiers

• Modifier placement
  Tips and examples illustrating misplaced, dangling, and squinting modifiers, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
  

• Modifiers
  Tips and review exercises on various types of modifier problems, from the University of Ottawa.
  

• Misplaced modifiers
  Tips on revising misplaced modifiers, including a review test, from Big Dog's Grammar.

• Dangling modifiers
  Advice on recognizing and revising dangling modifiers, with a review test, from Big Dog's Grammar.
  

• Dangling modifiers
  Discussion of strategies for revising dangling modifiers, with several "before and after" examples, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Mixed and incomplete sentences

• Repeated subject
  An exercise on avoiding a repeated subject, from Citrus College.