Editing Pretest
This pretest is a diagnostic that will allow us to identify ways in which we can help you to edit and improve your writing. These sentences were written by 12th grade students. All that is necessary is for you to identify whether or not they have any errors. If all goes to plan, I will have a score report sent to your email when it is completed.
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Section 1: Complete and Incomplete Sentences
Live every day to its fullest.
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That is wrong.
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Because in America today everyone does an equal amount of work.
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Many people think of Chris McCandless as an inspiration.
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While others believed he was crazy.
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Run-on Sentences
Juveniles that commit these crimes are not normal teenagers, they are monsters and  should be placed in the adult system.
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The police believe that judging people by the way they look will solve their problem in  the search for terrorists; however, it is also putting other people’s lives in jeopardy.
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In Hamlet’s soliloquy, he neglected to consider what effect his life had on his family and  friends, Hamlet thought of his own life as worthless and thought everyone else did too.
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It might have felt romantic to him to draw his own map, but he was staying in a bus, so  it seems pretty clear to me that somebody else had been there already.
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It might have felt romantic to him to draw his own map, but he was staying in a bus, so  it seems pretty clear to me that somebody else had been there already.
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Misplaced Modifiers, Parallel Structure, Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participial Phrases
We can do a lot for food production by preparing our own food, learn the origins of our  food, and learn what is involved in the best farming.
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Age is the difference between maturity and foolishness, between knowledge and ignorance, and between self-control and irrationality.
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Sentenced to a lifetime of imprisonment on account of murder, tears filled the eyes of  the fourteen year old and his family.
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Joining the prevailing political party would increase their knowledge, enabling them to  grow and step forward.
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Through whining for that toy in a kid’s meal, the parent is pressured to go to a fast food place.
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Subject-Verb Agreement
I agree with Barker that juveniles who murder someone with intent is a threat to our society.
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Anything Hamlet truly valued, such as his father and Ophelia, were taken from him.
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Time-outs and taking away privileges is the best way to begin discipline, but a loving  parent is willing to bring harder disciplinary action to a child that is non-responsive.
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Today’s generation of Chinese women doesn’t follow these rules, but these women still  do things to help out the family and respect their husbands.
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Today’s generation of Chinese women doesn’t follow these rules, but these women still  do things to help out the family and respect their husbands.
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Verb Problems
Gerald was interrogated and searched without permission.
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If Chris was crazy, he could of been helped, but I believe he was mostly foolish and angry.
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Two hours have passed without an arrest, so the patrol agents told Rossano and Greg  that they were free to go.
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No matter what age they are they should be punish as an adult.
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When you prepared your own food, you know what you put in it.
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Punctuation
She was driving her aunt’s car on vacation last summer when the cops pulled her over,  and wrote her a speeding ticket.
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Mr. Weintraub wrote this particular piece with one intention; to educate the readers with his own views.
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Although juveniles are not as accountable or competent as adults, that cannot be an  excuse for vicious, life threatening behavior.
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I also agree with Herbert that profiling has a demoralizing effect on it’s victims.
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Parents are not solely responsible for childhood obesity; schools, fast food companies,  and the government also need to take action against childhood obesity
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Noun/Pronoun Problems
If small children were asked to define death, most of them would not be able to do so.
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All throughout school you hear things like ”just say no” and watch video’s of people who  have used a controlled substance and are now vegetables.
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If someone pushed or led someone to do a crime, then they should be the ones with a  greater punishment.
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When Kenny showed the king the picture of a women from his planet, the king was  disgusted.
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Another possibility is that me and my family can improve our diet by preparing our own food.
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Problems with Incorporating Texts
In his article, Get Tough on Juvenile Crimes, James Barker talks about what responsibility  juveniles have for the crimes they commit.
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Someone once said, “You should not fear death, but fear the unlived life”.
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Shaun Callarman says Chris McCandless was “bright and ignorant at the same time.”
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Callarman states, “He had no common sense, and he had no business going into Alaska  with his romantic silliness.”
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As Tannen says, as a woman, you want to be, “happily connected to others whose wants  are the same as yours.”
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Editing in Context
Slowly the “everyone’s a winner” mentality is dominating everything kids do.
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Most little league sports, competitions, etc.
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While it might seem fair to give everyone a prize for trying, it’s really not.
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By rewarding everyone with participation trophies it doesn’t drive kids to want to win, why bother if we all get the same trophy?
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If this merit system was instilled in real-life jobs it would be ridiculous.
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If someone came into work, they wouldn’t expect a raise just for showing up.
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The real truth is that not everyones a winner.
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If all Jimmy does on the soccer field was pick flowers, he doesn’t deserve the same recognition as Joey who scores two goals.
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School is another big problem.
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After giving out easy grades, these kids with “A’s” or “B’s” leave high school and find out things aren’t as easy in college as they thought they would be.
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