2 Responses to “Faulty Sentence Structure”

1. 

   May 23, 2015 at 3:27 pm

   I know this is an usage error but can't remember what it is called. Help!

   Examples:

   "The man he fell down"
   "The police they need your help"

   Thanks
2. 

   June 11, 2015 at 6:09 pm

   Nancy: I don't know what it's called either. It's just a duplicate subject without a comma to make it appositive or a dash to indicate an abrupt restructuring of the sentence.

   Correct: The man, he fell down.
   Correct: The man -- he fell down.
   Incorrect (but I don't know a term for it): The man he fell down.

   It's kinda like:

   Me, I prefer pepperoni

   Without a comma or other punctuation, it's just two words vying to govern the same verb.

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