JBJ Class

Editing Your Research Paper


Corrections:
  • You'll lose one point for each mistake, even if it's the same mistake more than once.  For example, if you use the wrong "there" 10 times, you'll lose 10 points. 
  • As explained before, you have three possible deadlines.  They're different for each class, so check your class's due dates page to see when they are. 
    • First deadline:
      • You'll have two chances to make corrections.
      • Each correction you make will earn back 3/4 of each point that you lost.  For example, if you had 40 mistakes, you'd lose 40 points but could earn back 30 points by correcting them all.
      • On your second round of corrections, each one can earn back 1/2 of each point that you lost.
      • The third time you turn it in (email), you can't make any more corrections.
    • Second deadline:
      • You'll have one chance to make corrections.
      • Each correction you make will earn back 1/2 of each point that you lost.  For example, if you had 40 mistakes, you'd lose 40 points but could earn back 20 points by correcting them all.
      • The second time you turn it in, you can't make any more corrections.
    • Third deadline:
      • You won't have a chance to make any corrections.
      • Obviously, you won't have a chance to earn back any points that you lost.  For example, if you had 40 mistakes, you'd lose 40 points.​
Common Mistakes: 
(in no particular order)
  • using 1st person (I, me, my, mine, we, us, our, or ours)
  • allowed/aloud
  • who/whom
  • there/they're/their
  • fewer/less
  • lose/loose
  • good/well
  • quite/quiet/quit
  • who's/whose
  • to/two/too
  • then/than
  • it's/its
  • literally/figuratively
  • affect/effect
  • could have / could of
  • you're/your
  • incomplete sentences
  • run-on sentences
  • whether/weather
  • accept/except
  • a lot / alot
  • definitely/defiantly
  • waste/waist
  • which/witch
  • not spelling out single-digit numbers
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