College Composition / Unit 6 CMP 0135 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Mixed Constructions
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The idea
A mixed construction begins a sentence on one grammatical path and switches to another, so the parts do not fit together.
In practice
These errors happen when writers change direction partway through a sentence, often in drafts written quickly.
Where people slip
A mixed sentence can contain no single wrong word and still fail; read it as a whole to see whether the parts connect.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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