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WNCC Writing Center Editing for the Four Most Serious Errors Focusing on these four different errors can make an immediate improvement in student writing:To understand these errors, first it is important to understand the basic construction of a sentence, also known as an independent clause. A complete sentence in formal English has a subject and a verb, and it expresses a complete thought.A subject is the word or words that a sentence is about. Subjects can be nouns or pronouns. A verb is the word that tells what the subject is doing in the sentence. There are three kinds of verbs: action verbs, linking verbs, and helping verbs. A word group that contains a subject and a verb but not a complete thought is called a dependent clause. More Information Services and PoliciesConsultation Preparation R/D Guidelines Editing Serious Errors Paragraph Organization Essay Organization Final Checklist for Papers Become a Tutor
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