| Writer's Resource: Editing |
[Oct. 15th, 2006|11:25 pm] |
After reading this I thought to myself 'I really need to go back and read it again so it will stay in my head forever and ever’. I honestly feel the things I read in between the three tabs can be quite useful. Hopefully, what I am typing here won't go against with what I just finished reading. If it does, then I guess I have to re-read it again. This is bugging me because I feel I have to backspace every few seconds because I think I'm violating a rule. I guess it can be good in some ways because it's making me be cautious of what and how I should write my sentences.
I noticed some of the techniques the book mentions focuses a lot on sentences and how it can help you improve what you want to say. You can say that it's more effective and easier to understand what you are trying to communicate with others. Reading over a few techniques, I remember I had a few of these conflicts whenever I wrote a sentence. However, I learned from it and now I consider other ways of making it more appealing and effective. I remember how I use to write a lot of run-on sentences and being confused with using the words 'a, an, and'. Now, I feel more confident using it because I understand the concepts.
It's funny to see how some of the errors I see, I still use. Since I'm aware of it, I believe I should learn from it. I still need help with using the semi-colon, I still don't know when to use it and how. I've been taught it once before, but the teacher wasn't that helpful. What I really like about each section is at the end of the chapter because it gives you a helpful guide. This is useful because I can look back and see if I can use it. For example, misspelling words and terms and how they are used. I must say, I'm familiar with most of these grammatical errors, but I still need to figure out how to correct them. I feel that it's important to re-read these 150 pages and I think I will soon. |
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