College Composition / Unit 12 CMP 0288 short lesson, about 20 seconds
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The idea
Editing for grammar, punctuation and spelling comes after revision, and it takes more than one pass.
In practice
When you edit, check sentence structure, spelling, punctuation and capitalization, ideally in several separate passes.
Where people slip
Most errors in college essays come from careless editing, not from not knowing the rules.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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