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1、BasicGrammarRules1.SpellingErrors•Thereisnogoodexcuseforspellingerrorsinafinaldraft.•EveryoneshoulduseadictionaryorturnonSpellCheck.Whenindoubt,checkitout!2.Run-onSentences•Run-onsoccurwhenyoutrytomakeonesentencedotoomuch.Forexample:WilliamgazedacrossthebroadPacifichisheartwasfilledwithd
2、read.•Avoidrun-onsby:a.breakingthelongsentenceintoseparatesentences:WilliamgazedacrossthebroadPacific.Hisheartwasfilledwithdread.b.reducingoneoftheclausestoasubordinateclauseandaddingacomma:WhenWilliamgazedacrossthebroadPacific,hisheartwasfilledwithdread.c.addingacommaandcoordinatingconj
3、unctionbetweenthetwoclauses:WilliamgazedacrossthebroadPacific,buthisheartwasfilledwithdread.3.SentenceFragments•Fragmentsoccurwhenyou’vewrittenonlypartofasentence.Forexample:Becausetherewasnootherwayofescapingthefire.•Fixfragmentsbymakingsureyoursentencecontainsbothasubjectandaverb:Helea
4、pedoutofthewindowbecausetherewasnootherwayofescapingthefire.4.Subject/VerbAgreement•Ifthesubjectissingular,useasingularverb;ifthesubjectisplural,useapluralverb:Thearrivalofmanyfriendspromisesagoodtime.Eithertheprincipalorthecoachusuallyattendsthedance.•Remember:thesubjectofasentenceisnev
5、ercontainedwithinaprepositionalphrase!5.PronounAgreement•Almosteveryonemakesthismistake:Everyoneshouldgetouttheirbooks.•Apronounmustagreeinnumberwithitsantecedent(thewordtowhichthepronounrefers).•Rewritethesentenceusingsingularpronouns:Everyoneshouldtakeouthisorherbook.Singularpronounsin
6、clude:each,either,neither,one,everyone,noone,everybody,nobody,anyone,someone,somebody.6.VerbTense•Tensemeanstime.Verbstelluswhatactionisoccurring,andwhenitisoccurring.Verbschangeformtoindicatewhenanactiontakesplace.Yourwritingshouldremaininonetense,switchingonlywhennecessarytothemeaning.
7、Tofixtenses,readyourdraftlookingonlyfortenseagreement.7.Plural&Possessive•An“s”isputattheendofawordfortworeasons:tomakeitpluralortoshowpossession.1•Whenyouaddan“s”tomakeaplural,don’tuseanapostrophe:Plurals:books,studentsPossessives:thebook’spages;thestudent’sdeskPossessiv
