College Composition / Unit 3 CMP 0063 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Boundary Errors and Meaning
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The idea
Boundary errors are not only grammar problems; they blur how ideas relate.
In practice
"The study was small, its results were promising" leaves the reader to guess the link; "Although the study was small, its results were promising" states it.
Where people slip
When fixing an error, choose a connection that is true to the source; do not add a cause the writer never claimed.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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