“Guide to Writing”

Revising: review critical reading comments from classmates and instructor and make an outline of your draft.

A well-supported position, a well-presented issue, and effective counterargument, and a readable plan are necessary.

Comma usage in sentences with coordinating conjunctions are common errors in papers.

• Add a comma before coordinating conjunctions that join two independent clauses.
• Do not use a comma when coordinating conjunctions join phrases that are not independent clauses\

Conjunctive adverbs are also mistaken

• if they open a sentence they should be followed with a comma
• if it joins two independent clauses, it must be preceded by a semicolon and followed by a comma
• Conjunctive adverbs that are in the middle of the sentence should be set off with commas