Room+for+improvement

toc Very frequently we find common elements in our texts that need revision and editing to make them better. I hope we will all bring here many of these items to be shared with the group. Most of the ones included here come from the student-teacher conference revisions.

1. [|Run-on sentences:]
These are sentences that seem not to stop ever. Some sentences should be placed separately and punctuation marks, especially commas, semicolons and periods will do them a lot of good. Here are [|two useful exercises.] Now look at a pagraph that has [|239 words] ... this is NOT advisable and it is NOT a good example of what good writing should be. It is just there out of curiosity.

2. [|wich, which or witch]
The word "which" is very frequently mispelled not only by Spanish Speakers but by learners of other languages as well. It is often associated to other **wh-words** such as what, when, where, how, all of which are used to ask for information.

3. [|used to/ be used to (ing)]
These two expressions have specific forms. This is a useful [|explanation] you can refer to in case of doubts. Here you will find [|another exercise].

4. [|much versus many]
Even if we feel we got these two covered, it is always a good idea to check them out. An extra exercise [|here].

6. [|Good versus well]
adjectives versus adverbs

7. [|Object pronouns]
their or theirs

8. [|Embedded questions]
[|Extra exercise]. [|Explanation].

10. This, these, that, those
In [|this page] go to the adjectives and adverbs exercises [|1] and [|2]. 11. [|Embedded WH-word sentences]More on [|embedded questions]

12. [|Modals]
More exercises [|here].

13. [|Adjectives -ed or -ing]
Is it interesting or interested? Boring or bored? In [|this page] go to the adjectives and adverbs exercises [|1] and [|2]. You will find [|another exercise]here. I found [|these examples] that seem helpful.