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| Writing Tips |
Victoria Pilate, Ph.D.
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Here are some errors that I've noticed in reviewing the writing of students and
others. Many of these are so frequent and common even among professionals
that I actually had someone with a degree in English "correct" my punctuation and
grammar. Here are some tips on better writing.
Frequent Errors in Punctuation
If the city and state are used as adjectives, put a comma after the city AND state. If
a full date is used as an adjective put a comma after the year.
The Montgomery, AL, incident changed Rosa Park's life.
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attack changed my life.
Frequent Errors in Contractions and Plural and Possessive Adjectives
Its versus It's
Its fur was matted. (possessive)
It's not my business. (contraction)
Theirs versus There's
Theirs is blue with white trim. (possessive)
There's something smelly in the box. (contraction)
Plural versus Possessive
The contractor's work was shoddy. (possessive)
The contractors worked in a shoddy manner. (plural)
Other Common Errors
When writing about books or magazines, the convention has been to underline
titles of books and use italics for names of magazines, newspapers and other
periodicals. It has become acceptable in nonprofessional and nonacademic work
to italicize titles of books or to simply capitalize the name of books or magazines.
others. Many of these are so frequent and common even among professionals
that I actually had someone with a degree in English "correct" my punctuation and
grammar. Here are some tips on better writing.
Frequent Errors in Punctuation
If the city and state are used as adjectives, put a comma after the city AND state. If
a full date is used as an adjective put a comma after the year.
The Montgomery, AL, incident changed Rosa Park's life.
The September 11, 2001, terrorist attack changed my life.
Frequent Errors in Contractions and Plural and Possessive Adjectives
Its versus It's
Its fur was matted. (possessive)
It's not my business. (contraction)
Theirs versus There's
Theirs is blue with white trim. (possessive)
There's something smelly in the box. (contraction)
Plural versus Possessive
The contractor's work was shoddy. (possessive)
The contractors worked in a shoddy manner. (plural)
Other Common Errors
When writing about books or magazines, the convention has been to underline
titles of books and use italics for names of magazines, newspapers and other
periodicals. It has become acceptable in nonprofessional and nonacademic work
to italicize titles of books or to simply capitalize the name of books or magazines.