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What is good writing?. What is good writing?. Interesting Correct. Correct. Common errors: do you know the correct usage? If you know, do it! If not, learn it!. their/there its/it’s affect/effect possessive forms/apostrophes subject-verb agreement commas s emicolons
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What is good writing? • Interesting • Correct
Correct • Common errors: do you know the correct usage? • If you know, do it! If not, learn it! • their/there • its/it’s • affect/effect • possessive forms/apostrophes • subject-verb agreement • commas • semicolons • pronoun agreement
Four steps • PLAN • DRAFT • REVISE • EDIT
RESOURCES: PEOPLE • ARC Writing Consultants – AC 116 • One hour appointments M-F • Professional staff, grad students, and faculty • Friends, family, classmates • No, don’t pay them • Yes, take advantage of them
RESOURCES: BOOKS • The Little, Brown Handbook • Any grammar/writing handbook • The Elements of Style (Strunk & White) • The Nuts & Bolts of College Writing
RESOURCES: ONLINE • Purdue OWL owl.english.purdue.edu • Nuts and Bolts nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/ • The OWL at UB – in MyUB portal tools • Ask Mr. Grammar – chat available through ARC’s web site www.ubalt.edu/arc
Common errors • their/there • Their dog can be found over there. • it’s/its • It’s not my fault that the dog chewed its leash. • affect/effect • Dogs affect humans by providing a calming effect. • possessive forms/apostrophes • Dogs are not good judges of dogs’ needs.
Common errors • subject-verb agreement • I suppose that dogs are not supposed to eat leftovers. • Commas • Despite thousands of years of breeding, dogs can’t resist trash, beef, or boots, but they won’t eat salad. • Semicolons • My dog is not smart; my dog is perceptive, however. • pronoun agreement • One student looked for hisdog, and another student couldn’t find hers, but their dogs are at the park.