1. Sample Handmade Responses
to Hale’s Sin and Syntax,
Chapter 11, Phrases and Clauses
with corresponding citations from the chapter
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English 4361: English Grammar
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2. “If prepositional phrases are not placed next to the word they modify, Mayday!”
(178).

3. “When a prepositional phrase kicks off a sentence, it is usually followed by a
comma” (170).

4. “But words, phrases, and clauses all work together toward the same end: to
keep sentences as simple and clear as possible” (174).

5. “Writers careless with phrases can create havoc in all kinds of ways” (179).

6. “Writers careless with phrases can create havoc in all kinds of ways” (179).