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ERIC Number: EJ381688
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Frequency of Formal Errors in Current College Writing, or Ma and Pa Kettle Do Research.
Conners, Robert J.; Lunsford, Andrea A.
College Composition and Communication, v39 n4 p395-409 Dec 1988
Describes the authors' error-frequency research, relating how they collected 19,615 teacher-marked student papers from the 1980s, analyzed them, and determined the major patterns of formal and mechanical error in current student writing. (SR)
Descriptors: College English, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students, Writing Evaluation, Writing Research, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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