During the course of Intermediate reporting, I have improved on various issues with my writing. Yet, there are various content improvements that I must make in my writings to make them publishable.
One of my biggest content mistakes during the course of the class is the misuse of narrowing down to a specific and local topic. An example of this would be my paper about the financial cost of attending college. While I did write clearly on the issue of the cost of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities, it should have been a more direct focus on Edinboro University as a whole. One way to fix this would have been doing a thorough interview at the bursar’s office about the current statistic and professional quotation, rather than pulling it directly off of the Edinboro University website
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In the article about the Condom Casino, I did make the mistake with forgetting to include commas and spelling out numbers instead of using it 's basic number. As for dates, I have made the mistake of not using the abbreviation for the month and misplacing the commas needed for correct AP style. An example of this was the Condom Casino where I stated a month that needed to be abbreviated for standard AP style and easy reading.
Continuing, tense is also another improvement that I need to improve within my writings. In some of my articles i do understand that i do unintentionally switch tenses, which I need to learn to detect. In the article about drive-ins, for example, I had accidently switched tense during the time that when the drive-ins were dying out. When it should have been are dying out. Another AP improvement that is needed is correct placements of quotations and commas. In one of my article about the financial status with the university, I had several mistakes where there was a need for a comma after stated, said and
One of my biggest content mistakes during the course of the class is the misuse of narrowing down to a specific and local topic. An example of this would be my paper about the financial cost of attending college. While I did write clearly on the issue of the cost of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education universities, it should have been a more direct focus on Edinboro University as a whole. One way to fix this would have been doing a thorough interview at the bursar’s office about the current statistic and professional quotation, rather than pulling it directly off of the Edinboro University website
Another content improvement I could have …show more content…
In the article about the Condom Casino, I did make the mistake with forgetting to include commas and spelling out numbers instead of using it 's basic number. As for dates, I have made the mistake of not using the abbreviation for the month and misplacing the commas needed for correct AP style. An example of this was the Condom Casino where I stated a month that needed to be abbreviated for standard AP style and easy reading.
Continuing, tense is also another improvement that I need to improve within my writings. In some of my articles i do understand that i do unintentionally switch tenses, which I need to learn to detect. In the article about drive-ins, for example, I had accidently switched tense during the time that when the drive-ins were dying out. When it should have been are dying out. Another AP improvement that is needed is correct placements of quotations and commas. In one of my article about the financial status with the university, I had several mistakes where there was a need for a comma after stated, said and