Correctness

ENG302 : The Class : The Process : Final Preparation : Correctness
Correctness: An Overview

This lesson is designed to be a reference tool for you. It will cover a number of basic guidelines and examples illustrating the rules of Grammar and Mechanics.

There is no assignment for this lesson. Please click on the links for help in developing correctness in your assignments.

GRAMMAR

Beginning with the Greeks and Romans, grammar was thought of as a set of absolute rules prescribing all aspects of correct linguistic behavior. Many of these rules, such as the prohibition against splitting infinitives, were originally based on parallels with Latin grammar. More recently, however, grammar has been defined as a systematic accounting of how language is rather than as a set of rules for how it should be.

Some of the most important and agreed upon principles of current English grammar follow.

Subject-Verb Agreement
Verb Tense
Sentence Errors (Comma Splices and Fragments)

MECHANICS
Mechanics are conventions followed by writers in such areas as punctuation and spelling.

Punctuation: Apostrophe
Punctuation: Quotation Marks
Punctuation: Hyphens
Punctuation: Semicolon, Colon, Dash
Punctuation: Comma
Spelling

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