Grammar ccc commnet edu grammar quiz list htm

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 List three to five grammatical areas to focus on based on your grammar

assessment, quiz results:

1. Ex: Run-on sentences

a. (Post a link to a resource on correcting those grammatical issues)

Example: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm

2. Punctuation

a.

3. Comma usage

a.

4. Apostrophe

a.

5. Sentence Fragment

a.

6. Subject/verb agreement

a.

 Reflect on the tone of your writing. Do you appear cold, warm, or friendly in all of

the right places? Does your tone work for your audience and purpose? (Chapter 9.3)

See this website for further help.

 Look for connotations. Are they accurate? Are they overly emotional? Are they

fair? (Chapter 9.3) See this website for further explanation.

 Look for trigger words that may suggest racism, sexism or offensive language, and

correct. See this website for further explanation.

 Look for words that can be simplified.

 Look for words that can be made more specific.

 Look for verbs that could be more action specific.

 Examine the transitions (furthermore, next, last year, etc.). Are they accurate and

are they in the right places? Should you add more?

 Make sure each sentence is complete and clear. Look for choppy sentences that can be combined into a longer sentence.

 Look for wordy sentences that need to be shortened.

 Look for wordy sentences or run-on sentences.

 Check your verb forms and tense. Make sure subjects and verbs agree, and that the

verbs are consistently in past or present tense.

 Look for pronouns like it, they, she, and he. Make sure what or whom they refer to

are clear.

 Check your spelling.

 Check your punctuation.

 Check your APA essay format.