Correcting Common Sentence Errors
Here we will practice correcting some of the most common errors in English, including those involving verbs (subject-verb agreement and tense) and pronouns (agreement and reference).
Editing Checklist
After revising an essay until we are satisfied with its basic content and structure, we still need to edit our work. This checklist can serve as a guide when editing paragraphs and essays.
After revising an essay until we are satisfied with its basic content and structure, we still need to edit our work. This checklist can serve as a guide when editing paragraphs and essays.
Common Revision Symbols and Abbreviations
Some English instructors use these symbols and abbreviations to guide students during the revision and editing stages of the writing process.
Some English instructors use these symbols and abbreviations to guide students during the revision and editing stages of the writing process.
Fifteen Common Errors & How to Fix Them
Even professional writers get tripped up now and then by some commonly confused words: look-alikes and sound-alikes that our spell checkers will never recognize. Here are 15 of the most commonly confused words.
Even professional writers get tripped up now and then by some commonly confused words: look-alikes and sound-alikes that our spell checkers will never recognize. Here are 15 of the most commonly confused words.
Correcting Phrase Fragments
This exercise will give you practice in writing clear, complete sentences by correcting unnecessary phrase fragments.
This exercise will give you practice in writing clear, complete sentences by correcting unnecessary phrase fragments.
Phony Rules of Writing
Behind each one of these phony rules of writing lies a good idea, but there are also good reasons why these so-called rules should sometimes be broken.
Behind each one of these phony rules of writing lies a good idea, but there are also good reasons why these so-called rules should sometimes be broken.
Sites for Correcting Common Sentence Errors
The five websites described here focus on the most common errors in English: how to recognize those errors and (more importantly) how to correct them.
The five websites described here focus on the most common errors in English: how to recognize those errors and (more importantly) how to correct them.