Some Flawed Sentences


Below are various unconnected sentences, most of which are poorly written. This file is for looking at to learn how to spot flaws. Another file has the same sentences with corrected versions next to them.

  1. The one mile and two mile runs were won by Jones and Cummings respectively.

     

     

  2. He stated that he was not sick.

     

     

  3. The student body believes that Indiana University is a very good university indeed.

     

     

  4. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to focus this year on improving health care, beginning with a proposal designed to modernize the sharing of medical information nationwide.

     

     

  5. It's use is wrong.

     

     

  6. The effect of this is to reduce clarity.

     

     

  7. I would never loose my place in line.

     

     

  8. They're websites are poorly designed.

     

     

  9. Their is no place for someone who does not wish to work hard.

     

     

  10. We will not tolerate something like embezzlement, that is wrong under all circumstances.

     

     

  11. A short war, i.e., the Yom Kippur War, is much less expensive than a long war.

     

     

  12. In the present class, e.g., G492, you may always ask questions.

     

     

  13. This committee will be made up of nine persons, no more than two of which may be from the finance department.

     

     

  14. It was difficult, we had insufficient funds to complete the project on time.

     

     

  15. Each cash flow needs its own separate discount rate.

     

     

  16. Its never appropriate to do that.

     

     

  17. Being in a dilapidated condition, I was able to buy the house very cheap.

     

     

  18. Several things affected my job performance.

     

     

  19. A panda usually eats, shoots and leaves.

     

     

  20. My first job in Boston will always be remembered by me as a nightmare.

     

     

  21. A survey of this region was made in 1900.

     

     

  22. He was not honest and he was paid too much and he should not have been hired in the first place.

     

     

  23. Works of fiction are listed under the names of their respective authors.

     

     

  24. Some doctors, hospitals and pharmacies already use electronic health records