Module 4 - Grammar, usage, and mechanics

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Activity 4: Competence Builder & Website Visit

Module 4 Competence Builder: Grammar Challenge

  • After completing the grammar diagnostics in MyCompLab, determine your major problem areas and write them down. Go to the Module 4, Activity 4 link called “The 20 most Common Sentence Errors among U.S. College Students.” Look over the top 20 and see if any of your problem areas are in the list.
  • Pick your top problem area and write a sentence that contains the error. Go to the LCE1 Learning Community page and post your “grammar challenge” in the thread called “CURRENT Module 4 Competence Builder: Grammar Challenge." Older challenges are archived threads marked by date, so look for the CURRENT one.
  • Invite students to answer your grammar challenge. In exchange, answer the grammar challenges of other students.
  • The student who provides the most correct grammar challenge answers each week will have his/her name listed in a special “Congratulations” announcement on the LCE1 home page. You may also gain points for identifying the TYPE of error, such as "comma splice," etc.

    Website Visit

    For a easy-to-use online reference on grammar and punctuation, go to:  http://www.grammarbook.com/

    For information on the 20 most common sentence errors among U.S. college students, see:  http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/easywriter3e/20errors/

    • Citation: sguy. (2007, February 17). Module 4 - Grammar, usage, and mechanics. Retrieved March 19, 2010, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/rhetorical-and-critical-writing-after-11-1-2007/module-4-grammar-usage-and-mechanics.
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