Below are references to relevant pages in Diana Hacker’s, A Writer’s Reference (5^th edition, New York: Bedford St. Martin's, 2003) as well as some examples.  For the Welch College of Business, there are similar references for Gerald James Alred, et al., The Business Writer’s Companion (4^th edition, New York: Bedford St. Martin's, 2004).

• Coding this material for the students and using the code for response to student writing is most time-effective.
• Practicing with Hacker’s online self-correcting exercises puts responsibility of the students to learn: <http://dianahacker.com/writersref>  (Access should be available without login.)

1. Wordiness: (Hacker 124-128; Alred 265-67)

• Due to the fact that the grading was unfair, I received an “F.”
• My “F” derived from unfair grading.

2. Verb structure:  (Hacker 128-131; Alred 357-59)

• This is the stop sign the car hit.
• The speeding Porsche mangled this stop sign.
• The sheriff was shot by me, but the deputy was not shot by me.
• I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy.

3. Pronoun problems: (Hacker 175-188, esp. 179-181, on pronoun reference; Shift in point of view: "you" 94-95; Alred 338-42.)

• When Gloria set the pitcher on the glass-topped table, it broke.
• When Gloria set it on the glass-topped table, the pitcher broke.
• I took a writing class and you were graded on your grammar.
• In my writing class, grammar counted toward the grade.