ABSTRACT
Impressive ideas will beautify the essay only if the grammar and punctuation are expressed accurately. Some typical student errors, such as misuse of 's, wrongly placed commas, commonly misspelled words, overuse of the passive, confusion over who and whom, that and which, and poor hyphenation makes the tutor feel bad. Make sure your sentences say exactly what you mean, and mean exactly what you say. The technical term for running two independent clauses together is parataxis, also known as comma splicing or run-on commas. One solution is to use a semicolon, dash or colon. Another way around the problem would be to split the sentence into two parts. Hanging participles does not refer to a sick hobby, but a common grammatical error. Beware of active and passive constructions which form the sentences. Antecedent nouns are words which help in forming pronouns and determiners. Apply the logic test and make sure your sentences are well formed.
