The following activity is concerned with writing with good style. In order to write with good style, you need to avoid a number of commonly used stylistic errors. Below is a list of those that are among the most commonly used types of errors and examples of each of them.
In the left hand column below, we have provided a list of the 12 most common types of style errors. In the next column, there are 12 examples of errors of style. However, the examples (in column 2) are not necessarily matched with their correct style errors types (in Column 1).
Your task is to correctly match all 12 examples with their corresponding error type. There is only one correct match for each example. To do this task, you need to read through the list of style errors and the list of examples. Having done that, start with the first example and identify the type of style error of which it is an example. Next to each example is a pull down button with the numbers 1 to 12. You should select the number that corresponds with the style error. You will receive immediate feedback regarding your match, that is, whether it is correct or not. If it is not correct, you will receive a hint to help you identify the correct answer. When you have correctly identified the first style error example, you should then repeat that process, working your way through each of the examples.
Note: when you get to the later examples, you may have to scroll back up the screen to read the feedback.