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| An individual who masters the concepts of EGUMPP is able to do the following: |
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Identify how individual words and groups of words function in all types of sentences. |
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Distinguish between simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences. |
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Distinguish between complete sentences, run-on sentences, and sentence fragments. |
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Identify sentences that contain misplaced modifiers, unparallel structure,
word mistakes, ineffective or inappropriate words, unnecessary words,
wordy elements, and unclear elements. |
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Recognize and correct personal pronoun usage errors in sentences. |
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Recognize and correct subject-verb agreement errors in sentences. |
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Recognize and correct pronoun-antecedent agreement errors in sentences. |
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Recognize and correct who-whom usage errors in sentences. |
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Recognize and correct verb usage errors in sentences. |
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Recognize and correct apostrophe usage errors in sentences. |
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Express numbers and figures in sentences in the preferred way. |
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Punctuate sentences according to punctuation rules. |
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Capitalize words in sentences according to capitalization rules. |
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Electronic Grammar Usage Mechanics Proficiency Program