12/25/2003
Why the Statistics?
Cobweb Corner
KISS Grammar
Main Course Page
Eighth Graders' Writing:
(from State Standards Documents)
A Statistical Perspective of the Writing of Eighth Graders (An Essay)
Basic Summary of Data and Words per Main Clause
Details on Main Clauses, Errors, Passives, and Compounds
Type and Embedded Level of Subordinate Clauses
Types and Location of Noun Clauses
Types and Location of Adjectival, Adverbial,
& Interjectional Clauses
Types and Length of Infinitives
Types and Length of Gerunds
Types and Length of Gerundives;
Appositives and Post-Positioned Adjectives
Types and Length of Noun Absolutes; Other Constructions
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