MCOM 320 – BYU – Course Review and Study Materials –
2025/2026
n Sentence Fragment - ANS✔✔ Does not contain both a subject and a verb.
Phrases - ANS✔✔ which may have nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech, do not have
subjects; nothing is doing the action.
Weak Subjects - ANS✔✔ Avoid "There" and "It" nominalization.
Misplaced Modifier - ANS✔✔ Arriving home exhausted, my toothbrush and my bed were the
only things I wanted. (Your toothbrush arrived home exhausted?)
Dangling Modifiers - ANS✔✔ As the manager, the refunds were handled carefully. (As the
manager, I carefully handled the refunds.) Identify the manager
Misplaced Adverb - ANS✔✔ Tony fixed the clog in his bathroom drain skillfully.
(Tony skillfully fixed the clog in his bathroom drain.
Possessive Pronouns - ANS✔✔ Indicates that someone possesses or owns something.
Weak Verbs - ANS✔✔ Be, have, see, want, etc.
Weak Adverbs - ANS✔✔ Really, very, or pretty.
Who/Whoever - ANS✔✔ Hershel
, Whom/Whomever - ANS✔✔ His/her
Clear Pronouns - ANS✔✔ John's manager said John wasn't allowed to go.
Parallel Connectors - ANS✔✔ Both/And
Neither/Nor
Either/Or
Not only/But also
verbs follow them
Noun - ANS✔✔ Person, place or thing
Pronoun - ANS✔✔ Used in place of (she, he, him, they, I)
Verb - ANS✔✔ Action of state or being
Adjective - ANS✔✔ Modifies or describes noun or pronoun.
She is "qualified".
Adverb - ANS✔✔ Describes verb, or adjective
Then, -ly, very,
Fanboys - ANS✔✔ For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
2025/2026
n Sentence Fragment - ANS✔✔ Does not contain both a subject and a verb.
Phrases - ANS✔✔ which may have nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech, do not have
subjects; nothing is doing the action.
Weak Subjects - ANS✔✔ Avoid "There" and "It" nominalization.
Misplaced Modifier - ANS✔✔ Arriving home exhausted, my toothbrush and my bed were the
only things I wanted. (Your toothbrush arrived home exhausted?)
Dangling Modifiers - ANS✔✔ As the manager, the refunds were handled carefully. (As the
manager, I carefully handled the refunds.) Identify the manager
Misplaced Adverb - ANS✔✔ Tony fixed the clog in his bathroom drain skillfully.
(Tony skillfully fixed the clog in his bathroom drain.
Possessive Pronouns - ANS✔✔ Indicates that someone possesses or owns something.
Weak Verbs - ANS✔✔ Be, have, see, want, etc.
Weak Adverbs - ANS✔✔ Really, very, or pretty.
Who/Whoever - ANS✔✔ Hershel
, Whom/Whomever - ANS✔✔ His/her
Clear Pronouns - ANS✔✔ John's manager said John wasn't allowed to go.
Parallel Connectors - ANS✔✔ Both/And
Neither/Nor
Either/Or
Not only/But also
verbs follow them
Noun - ANS✔✔ Person, place or thing
Pronoun - ANS✔✔ Used in place of (she, he, him, they, I)
Verb - ANS✔✔ Action of state or being
Adjective - ANS✔✔ Modifies or describes noun or pronoun.
She is "qualified".
Adverb - ANS✔✔ Describes verb, or adjective
Then, -ly, very,
Fanboys - ANS✔✔ For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
