With exam season upon us, it is good to keep in mind a few minor rules and procedural issues that come up with writing essays. Here are a few common mistakes I have been seeing while proofreading and editing papers:
Category Archives: English
Fix your grammar! (An introduction.)
Greetings, English students! Some of you may have seen this video before, but I will go ahead and share it again.
In this video, you will revisit the differences between they’re/there/their and loose/lose, see examples of non-words, and the acceptable usage of the word “literally.”
Coming soon will be tutorials on the use of double (“”) versus single (”) quotation marks, subject-verb agreements, usage of the article “the,” prepositions, and others.
I will also add useful links about citations and academic writing.
Thanks for continuing to be patient and awesome!