{"id":"study-comma-error-type-labels","audience":"high-school","category":"studying","technique":"examples","track":"study","title":"Label sentence errors before you fix them","free":false,"task":"Your English teacher wants you to name each sentence error and point to where it is before fixing it. Get exactly 4 numbered lines, one per sentence from your draft, each labeled exactly Correct, Comma splice, Run-on or Fragment using her definitions, then the 2-3 words where the problem is in quotes (or 'none'), plain text. Don't give corrected versions.","materialLabel":"Your sentences and the teacher's definitions (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"ENGLISH 9 - Mrs. Adler - Sentence boundaries practice\n\nMRS. ADLER'S DEFINITIONS:\n- Comma splice: two complete sentences joined by only a comma.\n- Run-on (fused sentence): two complete sentences joined with NO punctuation at all.\n- Fragment: a group of words punctuated as a sentence but missing a subject, a verb, or a complete thought.\n- Correct: a complete sentence with correct boundaries.\n\nFOUR SENTENCES FROM MY DRAFT (essay on school lunch):\n(1) Many students skip lunch, they say the lines are too long.\n(2) Because the cafeteria only has two registers.\n(3) The school could add a third register this would cut the wait in half.\n(4) Students who eat lunch focus better in afternoon classes.\n\nMrs. Adler: \"Label first. If you can't name the error, you'll make it again. I'll check your labels before you revise.\"\n\nDraft due Thursday.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking it to fix","why":"The AI corrects every sentence, so you never practice naming the error.","fix":"Say: \"Don't fix them. Just label each one.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not giving exact labels","why":"The AI may say 'punctuation issue' instead of naming the error type.","fix":"Say: \"Label each exactly Correct, Comma splice, Run-on or Fragment.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not asking where","why":"A label alone doesn't show you where the boundary breaks.","fix":"Add: \"Quote the 2-3 words where the problem is.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not saying how many lines","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more lines than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Fix the shape: \"label, then the quoted words, nothing else.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your notes.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives exact labels","patterns":["comma splice","run.on","fragment","label"]},{"label":"Asks where the error is","patterns":["quot","where","which words"]},{"label":"Says not to fix","patterns":["(don't|do not|no).{0,15}(fix|correct|rewrite)"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}line"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Naming the error is the practice. Give the AI the exact labels and definitions, and tell it not to fix the sentences for you.","rubricLabels":["Each line uses exactly one label: Correct, Comma splice, Run-on or Fragment, and the labels are right: (1) Comma splice, (2) Fragment, (3) Run-on, (4) Correct","Each error line quotes the 2-3 words where the problem is (such as 'lunch, they' for 1 and 'register this' for 3), and the Correct line says 'none'","Gives no corrected or rewritten versions of any sentence"]}