Connors, Robert J., and Andrea A. Lunsford. "Frequency of Formal Errors in Current College Writing, or Ma and Pa Kettle Do Research." CCC 39.4 (1988): 395-409.
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Robert J. Connors and Andrea A. Lunsford. Frequency of Formal Errors in Current College Writing, or Ma and Pa Kettle Do Research.
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