Phillips fails to properly apply language conventions throughout the essay. Mrs. Phillips shows this when she says “Because we need to become more familiar with our literature” (Phillips 1). This demonstrates incorrect use of language conventions since personal pronouns are present such as, “we” and “our”. In formal writing personal pronouns are not acceptable, one should avoid the use of personal pronouns when writing an objective piece to keep the writing formal. In addition, the author uses incorrect language convention. Mrs. Phillips shows this in her writing when she says “ Three reasons for this are; the need to focus on our own Canadian culture despite being surrounded by other cultures, the need to promote and establish our own writers, and the need to encourage younger Canadian authors” (Phillips 1). The use of a semi colon is to join together two clauses whereas one commonly uses the colon to introduce a list of items. In the text the author uses the incorrect colon resulting in an incorrect sentence. This is why it is important to use language conventions properly to achieve a grammatically correct
Phillips fails to properly apply language conventions throughout the essay. Mrs. Phillips shows this when she says “Because we need to become more familiar with our literature” (Phillips 1). This demonstrates incorrect use of language conventions since personal pronouns are present such as, “we” and “our”. In formal writing personal pronouns are not acceptable, one should avoid the use of personal pronouns when writing an objective piece to keep the writing formal. In addition, the author uses incorrect language convention. Mrs. Phillips shows this in her writing when she says “ Three reasons for this are; the need to focus on our own Canadian culture despite being surrounded by other cultures, the need to promote and establish our own writers, and the need to encourage younger Canadian authors” (Phillips 1). The use of a semi colon is to join together two clauses whereas one commonly uses the colon to introduce a list of items. In the text the author uses the incorrect colon resulting in an incorrect sentence. This is why it is important to use language conventions properly to achieve a grammatically correct