Grammar?

Grammar. It seems as if some people have never been taught it. Or, maybe is it that some people have never been taught good grammar. Or, is it just that we have gotten so lazy with our grammar because of the easiness that our 21st century technology has given us? The laziness with grammar that I am talking about are the common mistakes and errors like the correct use of “your” and “you’re,” which may be my biggest pet peeve. I would rather someone to use “ur” instead of misusing “your” or “you’re.”

From my readings of chapters 55 through 65, I learned a few things that I’ve never known. Since being introduced to MLA and APA formatting, I’ve always known that there were differences between the two, but from these chapters I learned that capitalization, in titles, differ quite noticeably. APA formatting particularizes that any word longer than four letter must be capitalized in any title. MLA formatting contradicts APA formatting by particularizing that the first and last words in a title must always be capitalized. Although MLA and APA counter each other in ways they write their titles, they both do agree that capitalization must take place even if their rules run into a preposition.

Knowing these rules of both MLA and APA formatting will be extremely helpful throughout college, because of the potential amount of papers that will be assigned. I will undoubtedly bookmark and reference to all of the chapters I read, but mostly chapter 55 because I feel that it will benefit me the most out of them.