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Special Edition: Most common essay corrections

12/31/2022

 
Some of the most common corrections we make in essays:
  • Clichés: often wordy and trite, just avoid them like the plague. (joke intended)
  • "Thing": there is always a better, stronger word or a way to rewrite the sentence to eliminate this word.
  • Compound words: alot? highschool?
  • Proper nouns and capitalization errors: maybe it's the texting generation, but proper capitalization matters. It reflects attention to detail and understanding of grammar.
  • Overused phrases:
    ...will be able to...
    ...will allow me to...
  • Comma usage. Maybe students don't have a love of commas, but they do matter, especially for the reader to see that the applicant understands basic grammar rules and read the essay as the applicant intended. 
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