EOS story

 TO LOOK SMART, AVOID GRAMMAR MISTAKES  

1. affect effect

2. lie lay laid

3. beliefs believes

4. All words in titles are capitalized.  This Is a Title.

5. Numbers:  spell out any number that begins a sentence, e.g., Three of us went to the store.  Spell out all numbers under nine (9).  Use numbers if 10 or more.

6. When you are quoting someone, there is always a comma, then an open-quote, then a capital letter."  He said, "Give me the book on Durkheim."    What if you are quoting from the middle of a sentence and the original quote does not have a capital.  E.g., Marx said, "...history makes man."   use an ellipse ... to avoid the capital and stay true to the original.  (MT - check this.)
   Missing a whole sentence?  Use a four dot . . . . ellipses.  In ellipses, dots have spaces between them.
   

7. Difference between a colon (:) and a semicolon (;):  anything follws a colon.   A colon has many functions:  Surprise! 

8. Even MSWord knows the rule about fragments and colons:  paste this into MSWord and then switch a : (colon) for the . (period).   The second "sentence" is not a sentence - it is a fragment, and MSWord knows.
   Change breaks down between known or repetitive change and unknown, unexpected change.  The fundamental regularity of the change of seasons versus unexpected shocks like tsunamis, tornadoes, and rainbows. 
   FRAGMENT:  While attempting to pose the question of how to empower and organize against the oppression heteronormativity presents.  The paper poses the question of how to empower and organize against heteronormative oppression.

9. Contractions - do not use them.  (not don't use them)

10. people that sing - people who sing

11. different from vs. different than (and not different then)

12. too much (not to much)

13. Dash rule:  Seeing and understanding even that which you do not understand—particularly that which you do not understand—is primary.  
    Can also use a dash to "wake up" your readers -- like this!
    Many are called, but few are chosen--and this refers to Hollywood!

14. Use the active voice, e.g., I was going -->  I went

15. instead of me having to do this vs. instead of my having to do this.   (having to do this is the noun.  my is the  possessive adjective)

16. utilize -  use.    Use simple words.  Why say utilize simple words?

17. Give the book to Maria and I.  (RULE 10)  Give the book to me.  Give the book to Martha and me.

18. Me and her we danced. (RULE 10)   Me danced?  No, I danced.  She and I danced.  And do not repeat the Subject as in She and I, we danced.  The librarian, she taught.  No, it's:    The librarian taught

19. AWK = awkward phrasing

20. WW = wrong word

21. STET = forgetaboutit

22. REFERENCES:  Centered, at the end, hanging indents, double spaced, no extra spaces.
    Do not number them.

23. Advices versus advice (and not advise)

24. None of the papers was good enough to receive an A. (number agreement).  I.e., not none of the papers are good enough.  To avoid awkwardness, try, "Not one of the papers was good enough."

25. Difference between e.g., and i.e.

26. I use to - I used to.  To avoid awkwardness, sometimes can use:  I was accostomed to ...

27. I spent time with them being that I - I spent time with them since I

28. I would have to say that my grandmother ....    no.  Just:  My grandmother ....

29. To tell you the truth - just  tell it

30. lose loose.  Do not be loose with people, or they may lose it.

31. I never did good at tennis.  No!  I never did well at tennis.

32. Her affect effects us.  Cause and effect.  Effect = noun.  Affect typically = verb (except She has an affect, meaning an affectation.)

33. M dash vs. N dash―like this.  Microsoft makes ―― become ―

34. "Use 'single quotes' for quotes within quotes."

35. Authors' last names only when citing academic articles.  First names are for the References page.

36. Article titles go on reference page unless there is some real good reason to put them in the text

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