Mending the Fragmented Free Modifier.

Harris, Muriel

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ERIC Number: EJ246914

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Publication Date: 1981-May

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Mending the Fragmented Free Modifier.

Harris, Muriel

College Composition and Communication, v32 n2 p175-82 May 1981

Discusses the collected research on free modifiers and "minor sentences," or "formal fragments." Asks English teachers for less concentration on initial placement of modifiers, less rigidity concerning fragments, and more practice with punctuating final free modifiers. (RL)

Descriptors: College Students, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Language Usage, Punctuation, Sentence Structure, Teacher Attitudes, Writing (Composition), Writing Evaluation, Writing Instruction, Writing Research, Writing Skills

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Language: English

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