LANGUAGE AND MIND

PHIL 345, Sec. 001: TTh 11:30am-1pm in 3437 Mason Hall
The University of Michigan
Winter 2005

NUMBERED COMMENTS ON PAPERS
The following comments correspond to the circled numbers written on your papers.

1. Passive voice ("is Xed by N")--make active ("N Xes")
2. Contractions--avoid
3. Unlcear/imprecise
4. Awkward construction
5. Ungrammatical
6. Not a sentence
7. Run-on
8. Dependent clause used as an independent clause
9. Pronoun with wrong/ambiguous reference
10. Tense change
11. Wrong punctuation
12. New paragraph needed
13. Use/mention confusion
14. Conflating names and their referents
15. Subjunctive needed
16. Avoid question-form
17. Misplaced modifier
18. Misuded/misapplied terminology
19. Eliminate gerund ("N is Xing")--use main verb ("N Xes")
20. Break up into shorter sentences
21. Wrong word
22. Subject/pronoun mismatch (usually singular--"the student"--going to plural--"their" or "they")
23. Over-elevated language
24. Overly general--does no work
25. Subject/verb disagreement