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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College
Editing Tests

Writing On- and Offline





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Activity 1: Common Sentence-Skills Errors

Directions: Do you have any sentence-skills mistakes that you consistently make? Check over your most recent corrected papers if need be. List the errors and consult The Purdue University Writing Lab for a review. Take notes.


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Activity 2: Do Sentence Skills Matter?

Directions: Do sentence-skills mistakes really matter? Should an instructor lower your grade because of them? What's the difference as long as he or she knows what you mean? Do you use a grammar-checker when you use a word processor? What are the limitations of grammar-checking programs?










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