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Mastering Good Writing: A Guide to Essential Skills and Common Errors

Discover the fundamentals of good writing through this comprehensive guide. Learn about common grammatical errors such as the difference between "their" and "there", "its" and "it’s", and the use of affect vs. effect. Follow our four-step writing process: PLAN, DRAFT, REVISE, and EDIT, to enhance your skills. Utilize various resources including writing consultants, books, and online tools like Purdue OWL. Get practical tips and insights to improve your writing while avoiding common pitfalls.

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Mastering Good Writing: A Guide to Essential Skills and Common Errors

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  1. What is good writing?

  2. What is good writing? • Interesting • Correct

  3. 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

  4. Four steps • PLAN • DRAFT • REVISE • EDIT

  5. 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

  6. RESOURCES: BOOKS • The Little, Brown Handbook • Any grammar/writing handbook • The Elements of Style (Strunk & White) • The Nuts & Bolts of College Writing

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

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