Grammar and Style Rules

no contractions

can't don't i'm you’re

Dead words

fun bad sad thing stuff

no fragments

every sentence needs to have a subject and a predicate the verb

no metacognitive announcement statements

In this essay in conclusion my second point in this quote

do not say I believe I think in my opinion or similarly functioning expressions in your writing

it is your paper so obviously it contains your opinions

do not use second person pronouns

you your

every pronoun you write should refer clearly and unmistakably to an atecendent

every pronoun you write should refer clearly and unmistakably to one particular noun also known as as a antecedent

A lot is two words not one

alot is incorrect

capitalized proper nouns

names of people geographical locations months days of the week holidays astronomical names newspapers magazines journals and books organizations and companies religion building monuments and place names peoples titles course historical people and events language and nationalities brand names

do not use yes no or maybe when answering the

instead of giving me a prompt dependent answer answer the prompt fully as if the person reading your response does not have access to the prompt

use the correct typographical marks for titles

novels birds anthology etc.

write about literature in the present tense

literature lives as you read it never happened it is always happening

do not write run-on sentences

also called fussed sentences have at least two parts the two or more parts can stand by themselves they are independent clauses but the parts have been improperly connected

use commas after introductory clauses phrases or words that come before the main clause

Although as because if since when wow yes however well

set off non-essential words and phrases with commas

Use a pair of commas in the middle of a sentence to set off clause phrases any words that are not essential to the meaning of the sentence use one, before to indicate the beginning of the pause and one of the Auntie to indicate the end of the pause

utilize parallel structure

when writing sentences ideas need to be expressed in the same grammatical form in other words nouns should be paired with nouns verbs verbs phrases with phrases and clauses of causes

faulty parallelism