The UVic Writer's Guide

The most common sentence errors are:

• Comma splices
• Run-On Sentences
• Sentence fragments
• Wordiness
• Overuse of the passive voice
• Faulty Parallelism
• Faulty agreement between subject and verb
• Faulty agreement of pronouns with antecedents
• Insufficient variation in construction
• Misplaced Modifiers
• Dangling Modifiers
• Squinting Modifiers
• Mixed Metaphor