More Common Errors

 Let me share of list of links to address common errors: Which, That or Who,  Five Uses of a Colon,  Principle vs Principal, and Homophones.  Here is a detailed explanation for its and it’s, your and you’re, and there, their, and they’re.  Many people struggle with these topics because they had little instruction in grammar.  

For example, a colon follows a noun in a list.  The lab requires these materials: a digital scale, three beakers, one thermometer, a ring stand, and a clamp.  

My class is still working on introductory paragraphs.  Our work today centered on changing passive sentences to active sentences.  

‘The breakdown of rocks by weathering and erosion construct most sedimentary rocks.

‘Weathering and erosion form most sedimentary rocks.’

Our class is learning how to edit paragraphs for clarity.