As we all know, writing an essay is not just about using good vocabulary but also about making sure there are no grammatical errors. There are many kinds of grammatical errors but my common grammar mistake would be structuring of sentences. There are 3 points on structuring of sentences I would like to talk about.
The first point is called sentence fragments and they are incomplete sentences or parts of sentences. For example, because some students work part-time while taking a full load of classes. It is clear that the sentence is not complete, hence, it is not clear for the reader to understand. We can either express a clearer thought to the reader by reforming the sentence, because some students work part-time while taking a full load of classes, they have very little free time. Another way to correct this problem is to remove the subordinator (because) and it goes like this, some students work part-time while taking a full load of classes.
The second point is about run-on sentences that is also essential to writing a good essay. A run-on sentence is a sentence whereby there is no punctuation used when two or more independent clauses are written after one another. For example, My family went to China then they emigrated to Vietnam. We can correct it by saying my family went to China. Then they emigrated to Vietnam. Another way is to use a semicolon to replace the fullstop right in the middle of the sentences in the example. We can also use a coordinator (and) or we can use subordinator (before, After)
The third point is comma splice, it is an error when two independent inclauses are incorrectly joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction. This is very similar to run-on sentences and to correct this error we can use the same ways used to correct run-on sentences for comma splice errors in sentences.
In brief, to produce a good essay, we must pay particular attention to grammar and not just about using good vocabulary.
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Darryl mentioned about the common grammatical errors which most of us made during an essay. He depicts the 3 main ideas of sentence structure, namely sentence fragments, run-on sentences and comma splice. The explanations given are clear and they help me to take note of certain rules while applying them.
Darryl also included two gramma practices on the sentence structure which greatly enhance our knowledge on the errors that we usually made which writing essay.
I agreed totally with him that essay is not just about the use of good vocabulary, but also come with good sentence structure to produce a beautiful essay. The ideas mentioned by Darryl help us to construct good and complete sentences.
Darryl has mentioned an important part common English grammatical error which is the
Sentence fragments. It is because it is what the sentence that bring meaning to the reader. If either the sentence is incomplete or run on, it would sometime give the reader the wrong meaning of what the writer wish to express. In this essay, he had clearly explained to the reader the definition of sentence fragments. On top of that, he provided example to show the mistake of sentence fragments. Lastly, I want to agree with Darryl on the point that to produce a good essay, we should not focus too much on the use of good vocabulary. We should focus more on the basic of the English which is the use of correct grammar, as it is more important to bring the correct message to the reader rather than to impress the reader with good vocabulary but with grammatical error essay.
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