Taking an English Grammar Review

Reminiscent of students’ constant coursework debacle is the priority torn between grammar and content.  Students want to get their coursework right; that is why they appropriate it with the correct content, but often, at the expense of their English grammar.

Students do not necessarily choose the grammar as their casualty; in fact, in every student’s ideal is the perfection of grammar.  And still it remains to top the list of errors frequently committed in course-working.  But it’s not too late; as long as the chance to do courseworks subsists, students can opt to improve.  Perhaps, they can start by doing some of these measures:

i. Students must allocate at least one day (in one week) for English grammar review.  Okay, students might not necessarily want one whole day, maybe 3-4 hours for the most.  It is up to students to choose the duration.  If they can afford to lengthen it, the better.

ii. Students’ next move is to target their review on their own weak points.  At this rate, they might need someone’s output or critique to fully assess their grammar weak points (as their own output may not be enough).

iii. Students must opt on actually practicing to effectively transition the improvement of their English grammar use.  Hence, in every review, they may write some essays, or even directly subject their given courseworks to such practice.

iv. Students must look for a critique buddy.  The responsibility of this buddy is to give your grammar practice pieces a check to spot the actual improvement, or need for further practice.

v. Students should put their grammar review in actual implementation.  That means correct grammar use at school.

It may be a long way towards that grammar perfection; yet, the important part is that students are actually working on their grammar development.

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Ensuring Correct English Grammar in Academic Papers

One of the most important aspects in writing English academic papers is the grammar. While spelling deals with the right arrangement of letters to form a certain word, English grammar is concerned with the proper organisations of words with regards to accepted standards of correctness. When writing essays, term papers, reviews, theses or dissertations, a student has to use correct grammar. An academic composition with a bad grammar is often subject to misunderstanding, miscomprehension and misinterpretation.

One of the surest ways to ensure that correct English grammar is observed in an academic composition is to proofread the piece. Proofreading refers to the act of spotting, marking and correcting writing errors. The errors include mistakes in formatting, spelling and punctuation, and most of all, grammar. A student could make sure that his compositions follow correct grammar by making it a habit to proofread them before submitting them to his professors.

There are two ways that an academic composition could be proofread. First, a composition could be proofread by the student-writer himself. After finishing a certain piece, the student could proceed to proofread it. There is, however, a flaw in this proofreading set-up. A student could become too familiar with his own work, making him more inclined to miss errors in English grammar, spelling and punctuation. This flaw opens door to the proofreading option. A student could commission another person, preferably someone with high level of skills and knowledge, to proofread his academic papers. Since that party is not privy with composition, he could easily spot, mark and correct errors in the academic piece.

If a student is overly concerned with using correct grammar in his work, then he should employ ways to prevent and avoid them. One of these ways is proofreading, one of the open secrets to high quality compostions.

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