PHILOSOPHY PAPERS FOR WOODBRIDGE
Department of Philosophy
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Professor: James Woodbridge
email address:
Office: CDC 426
Office Phone: 895-4051
Dept. Phone: 895-3433
NUMBERED COMMENTS ON PAPERS
The following comments correspond to the circled numbers written on your papers.
1. Passive voice ("is Xed by N")--make active ("N Xes")
2. Contractions--avoid
3. Unlcear/imprecise
4. Awkward construction
5. Ungrammatical
6. Not a sentence
7. Run-on
8. Dependent clause used as an independent clause
9. Pronoun with wrong/ambiguous reference
10. Tense change
11. Wrong punctuation
12. New paragraph needed
13. Use/mention confusion
14. Conflating names and their referents
15. Subjunctive needed
16. Avoid question-form
17. Misplaced modifier
18. Misuded/misapplied terminology
19. Eliminate gerund ("N is Xing")--use main verb ("N Xes")
20. Break up into shorter sentences
21. Wrong word
22. Subject/pronoun mismatch (usually singular--"the student"--going to plural--"their" or "they")
23. Over-elevated language
24. Overly general--does no work
25. Subject/verb disagreement