This document is part of a study, conducted by Ed Vavra, of the syntax of students' writing.
| Student's Text: | Comments: |
| \-\The
supervisor [who
reprimanded the two women {about
their short skirts}]
shouldn't of been worried {about
their skirts}
but {[how
well they're doing their jobs.]}
\-\{Of
course,} short
skirts can be destracting \R\but
personally you shouldn't be paying much attention {to
them.} \-\Everyone
has their own choice {on
[what they want
to wear.]}
\-\[If
there is no specific dress code,]
you should be able to wear [what
you want {(in
reasonable taste).}]
\-\He should
pay more attention {to
his work,} \,\[even
though he is the supervisor,]
he was the only one [who
reported it.]
\-\It didn't
seem to distract anybody else.
\-\[If the women felt violated {by their supervisor,}] {of course} they should press charges. \-\Men looking {at women} {with short skirts} doesn't seem to be much {of a serious sexual act,} \-\but now a days you have to watch everybody. \-\Sexual harassment is serious \-\and it could happen not only {to women but men} also. |
[sic]
See comma-splices. |
Note: I have counted the missing comma before the "but" as a run-on because it is followed by "personally." This may cause a reader hesitation about what is coming next -- the sentence might continue, for example, as "short skirts might be distracting but personally appealling." I have not counted the missing comma before "and" in the last sentence as a run-on because the next word is "it," which establishes a new subject.
Raw Data |
Calculated Data |
| Number
of words = 156 Number of paragraphs = 2 # of Prepositional Phrases = 14 # of Sub Clauses Level
1 = 8 # of Sub Clauses Level 2 = 0 # of Sub Clauses Level 3 = 0 # of Sub Clauses Level 4= 0 # of Fragments = 0 # of S/V Agr Errors = 0 |
Words
per main clause = 12.0 Prep Phrases / Main Clause = 1.08 % of words in P Phrases = 31 Total Sub Clauses / Main Cl = .62 Sub Clauses Level 2+ / MC = 0
Words per paragraph = 78.0 |
Unanalyzed Text:
The supervisor who reprimanded
the two women about their short skirts shouldn't of been worried about
their skirts but how well they're doing their jobs. Of course, short skirts
can be destracting but personally you shouldn't be paying much attention
to them. Everyone has their own choice on what they want to wear. If there
is no specific dress code, you should be able to wear what you want (in
reasonable taste). He should pay more attention to his work, even though
he is the supervisor, he was the only one who reported it. It didn't seem
to distract anybody else.
If the women felt violated by their supervisor,
of course they should press charges. Men looking at women with short skirts
doesn't seem to be much of a serious sexual act, but now a days you have
to watch everybody. Sexual harassment is serious and it could happen not
only to women but men also.