{"id":73,"date":"2019-12-07T11:35:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T11:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/coreqenglish1\/chapter\/putting-it-together-readability\/"},"modified":"2024-04-25T17:06:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T17:06:39","slug":"putting-it-together-grammar-essentials","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/chapter\/putting-it-together-grammar-essentials\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Grammar Essentials","rendered":"Putting It Together: Grammar Essentials"},"content":{"raw":"You have certainly had a lot to take in as you reviewed the function and purpose of various types of punctuation. To help you review, watch and listen to the presentation below, which provides a basic overview of what you have learned about punctuation.\r\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\r\n<h3>Watch it<\/h3>\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.h5p.com\/content\/1290910820557888908\/embed\" width=\"1089\" height=\"638\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nNow that you have learned to recognize and resolve readability errors, develop a strategy for incorporating these skills into your writing process. Below are some guidelines for doing so:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Revise for readability in the later stages of your writing process. In the early stages of writing, focus on your ideas.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Leave time between drafting and revising for readability. Readability errors become more evident after you have stepped away from a project for a while and return to it later.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Make proofreading\/editing a vital part of your writing process. The following\u00a0are some tips for effective proofreading:<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>effective proofreading TIPs<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Find a quiet place, free from distractions.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Print a hard copy of the paper.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Read the paper out loud.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Read the paper backward, sentence by sentence.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Enlist help.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nRemember, writers and their readers are in a relationship. Writers want to convey their ideas, and readers want to understand those ideas. Anything that hinders that understanding is annoying to the reader and damaging to the writer\u2019s credibility. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important for\u00a0writers to\u00a0identify and fix any errors that interfere with readers\u2019 expectations. Using good punctuation and grammar will make your writing more credible, clear, and powerful.","rendered":"<p>You have certainly had a lot to take in as you reviewed the function and purpose of various types of punctuation. To help you review, watch and listen to the presentation below, which provides a basic overview of what you have learned about punctuation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox examples\">\n<h3>Watch it<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lumenlearning.h5p.com\/content\/1290910820557888908\/embed\" width=\"1089\" height=\"638\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now that you have learned to recognize and resolve readability errors, develop a strategy for incorporating these skills into your writing process. Below are some guidelines for doing so:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Revise for readability in the later stages of your writing process. In the early stages of writing, focus on your ideas.<\/li>\n<li>Leave time between drafting and revising for readability. Readability errors become more evident after you have stepped away from a project for a while and return to it later.<\/li>\n<li>Make proofreading\/editing a vital part of your writing process. The following\u00a0are some tips for effective proofreading:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>effective proofreading TIPs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find a quiet place, free from distractions.<\/li>\n<li>Print a hard copy of the paper.<\/li>\n<li>Read the paper out loud.<\/li>\n<li>Read the paper backward, sentence by sentence.<\/li>\n<li>Enlist help.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Remember, writers and their readers are in a relationship. Writers want to convey their ideas, and readers want to understand those ideas. Anything that hinders that understanding is annoying to the reader and damaging to the writer\u2019s credibility. That\u2019s why it\u2019s important for\u00a0writers to\u00a0identify and fix any errors that interfere with readers\u2019 expectations. Using good punctuation and grammar will make your writing more credible, clear, and powerful.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-73\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Putting It Together: Readability. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: University of Mississippi. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Punctuation Review. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Excelsior OWL. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/grammar-essentials\/punctuation\/punctuation-putting-it-all-together\/\">https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/grammar-essentials\/punctuation\/punctuation-putting-it-all-together\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":29,"menu_order":19,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Putting It Together: Readability\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"University of Mississippi\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Punctuation Review\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Excelsior OWL\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/grammar-essentials\/punctuation\/punctuation-putting-it-all-together\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"4b13151a-7edd-4cfe-8458-53656abfb584","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-73","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":57,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3821,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/73\/revisions\/3821"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/57"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/73\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=73"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}