Editing and Errors

                Reading through these chapters made me realize how difficult and complex the English language really is. I can’t imagine trying to learn it as a second language. Although a lot of the things discussed in these chapters come naturally when speaking, writing them down is completely different.

                A few things stood out to me in the capitalization chapter. Like how academic degrees are not capitalized unless they are abbreviated, (ex: PhD) or how in a title, all of the words following a colon are capitalized. One thing I know I struggle with is run on sentences. I get too may thoughts in my head and they all come out in one huge sentence. I know now when revising my work to look for these and correct them with things like commas, colons and conjunction words.

                All the topics discussed within these chapters may seem like small topics, but when they are errors in a paper it can make a pretty big negative impact. It made me realize to take things slow and always check my work when editing for things like subject verb agreement and punctuation. It’s good to have the resources like this when editing and finalizing things on a paper.