Improving Your Style
Recognising common mistakes
Revising punctuation
Punctuation is essential if your work is to make sense.
◆ Do not use commas instead of full stops. If in doubt, put
a full stop.
◆ Remember to put a question mark at the end of a
question.
Incorrect version
He was in a hurry, he quickly pushed the newspaper
into the rubbish bin, Maria watched him, what was he
doing.Correct version
He was in a hurry. He quickly pushed the newspaper
into the rubbish bin. Maria watched him. What was he
doing?Revising sentence construction
Sentences must make sense. Each sentence must contain at
least one subject (nounorpronoun) and one finiteverb.If
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