1. M= Mechanics U=Usage G=Grammar
M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES
M= Mechanics
U=Usage
G=Grammar

2. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Directions
Every day this semester, we will start class with a M.U.G.SHOT sentence.
For the first 5 minutes of class, you will attempt to correct the sentence on your own.
For the next 5 minutes, we will go over the mistakes.
Then, you will try a similar one on your own for a grade.

3. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 1 Sentence Fragments
Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.
right after the winter holidays and during the last week before school started

4. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 1 Sentence Fragments
Correct:
It snowed right after the winter holidays and during the last week before school started.
Explanation: You need a subject and a verb in every sentence for it to be a sentence.

5. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 1 Sentence Fragments
Try on your own for a grade: Correct everything you can find wrong.
running to the store to get milk and bread

6. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 2 Run-on sentences
Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.
this is going to be the most dificult semester of you’re high school career you had better study more then ever?

7. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 2 Run-on sentences
Correct (Different Versions):
This is going to be the most difficult semester of your high school career. You had better study more than ever.
This is going to be the most difficult semester of your high school career, so you had better study more than ever.
This is going to be the most difficult semester of your high school career; you had better study more than ever.

8. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 2 Run-on sentences
Explanation:
When you have two independent clauses (parts that could stand on their own as a sentence), you have to include some punctuation mark between them (either a period, a comma and a FANBOYS, or a semi-colon.)

9. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 2 Run-on sentences
Try on your own for a grade: Correct everything you can find wrong.
coming to the united states was hard on me I had to learn a new langage.

10. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 3 Affect/effect
Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.
the calcium suplemants i have been taking have not effected my mood.

11. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 3 Affect/effect
Correct:
The calcium supplements I have been taking have not affected my mood.

12. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 3 Affect/effect
Explanation:
Affect usually acts like a verb (it acts on something else)
Effect is usually a noun
Ex: Cold weather affects my emotions.
Cold weather has an effect on my emotions.

13. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 3 Affect/effect
Try one on your own for a grade:
wat is the affect of coffee on people with ADHD who don’t have no medicine.

14. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 4 Misplaced modifiers
Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.
although nearly finished we left the play early because we were worried about are sick cat

15. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 4 Misplaced modifiers
Correct:
We left the nearly-finished play early because we were worried about our sick cat.
Although the play was nearly finished, we left early because we were worried about our sick cat.

16. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 4 Misplaced modifiers
Explanation:
“although nearly finished” modifies, or adds more information, about the play. Therefore, it should be placed as closely to the word “play” as possible. Otherwise, it looks like “we” were nearly finished because it’s closer to the modifier.

17. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 4 Misplaced modifiers
Try one on your own for a grade:
Before replacing the electricity to the wall outlet should be turned off

18. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 5 Misplaced modifiers
Try in the first 5 minutes: fix anything you can find wrong.
while eating dinner a fly buzzed into her soup?

19. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 5 Misplaced modifiers
Correct:
While she was eating dinner, a fly buzzed into her soup.
A fly buzzed into her soup while she was eating dinner.

20. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 5 Misplaced modifiers
Explanation:
The original sentence make it look like “while eating dinner” modifies the fly, which would make it seem like the fly was chowing down on a Big Mac while he flew into the soup.
“While eating dinner” actually modifies “she,” so the phrase needs to be closer to “she.”

21. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 5 Misplaced modifiers
Try one on your own for a grade:
running for the bus my book fell in the mud

22. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 6 Misplaced Modifiers
Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.
giving a cold look the poker game stopped as nick laid down his cards

23. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 6 Misplaced Modifiers
Correct:
Giving a cold look, Nick stopped the poker game as he laid down his cards.
Stopping the poker game, Nick gave a cold look as he laid down his cards.
The poker game stopped as Nick gave a cold look and laid down his cards.

24. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 6 Misplaced Modifiers
Explanation:
The poker game did not give a cold look, but that’s what it seems like since the modifier “giving a cold look” is closest to “the poker game.”
“Giving a cold look” actually modifies “Nick,” so they need to be next to one another.

25. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 6 Misplaced Modifiers
Try one on your own for a grade:
upon entering the doctors office a skeleton caught my attention

26. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 7 Misplaced Modifiers
Try in first 5 minutes: Correct everything you can find wrong.
rolling down the hill, Sara was afeared the rocks would land on the campsight.

27. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 7 Misplaced Modifiers
Correct:
Sara was afraid the rocks rolling down the hill would land on the campsite.

28. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 7 Misplaced Modifiers
Explanation:
“Rolling down the hill” modifies “the rocks” not “Sara.” So, we need to place “rolling down the hill” next to what it modifies (“the rocks”).

29. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 7 Misplaced Modifiers
Try one on your own for a grade:
though only sixteen years old, her parents divorce effected marthas trust.

30. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 8 Dangling Modifiers
Try in the first 5 minutes: fix everything you can find wrong.
many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech at the end of the meeting and promised him they’re support.

31. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 8 Dangling Modifiers
Correct:
At the end of the meeting, many of the trustees congratulated him for his speech and promised him their support.

32. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 8 Dangling Modifiers
Explanation:
It is unclear whether “at the end of the meeting” is talking about the time the speech took place or the time when the trustees congratulated the man. We call this a “dangling modifier.” It needs to be moved to make it clear that the trustees did the congratulating at the end of the meeting.

33. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 8 Dangling Modifiers
Try one on your own for a grade:
after our grammar lessons we could understand the spanish spoken by our cuban visiters easily.

34. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 9 Dangling Modifiers
Try in the first 5 minutes: fix anything you can find wrong.
by acident he poked the little girl with his finger in the eye

35. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 9 Dangling Modifiers
Correct:
By accident, he poked the little girl in the eye with his finger.
By accident, he poked the little girl’s eye with his finger.

36. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 9 Dangling Modifiers
Explanation:
“in the eye” is a dangling modifier—it’s not clear whether it is modifying “finger” or “little girl.” It needs to be moved closer to what it actually modifies (“little girl”).

37. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 9 Dangling Modifiers
Try one on your own for a grade:
i heard that my room mate wanted to throw me a surprise party while I was outside her bedroom window

38. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 10 Dangling Modifiers
Try in the first 5 minutes: fix anything you can find wrong.
sam found a letter in a mailbox that doesnt belong to her

39. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 10 Dangling Modifiers
Correct:
Sam found a letter that doesn’t belong to her in a mailbox.

40. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 10 Dangling Modifiers
Explanation:
“That doesn’t belong to her” is a dangling modifier—it isn’t clear whether the “mailbox” doesn’t belong to Sam or “a letter” doesn’t belong to her, so the phrase needs to be moved closer to what it actually modifies (“a letter”).

41. M.U.G.SHOT SENTENCES: Day 10 Dangling Modifiers
Try one on your own for a grade:
plz take time to look over the brosure that is enclozed with your family