Tuesday, February 16, 2016

COMP6023 General feedback on blog posts

Some general things that came up when I was looking at the blog posts.

It's important to read over the post and check it for errors. Also many students need to work on their clarity of their posts.  Some have very long complicated sentences.

Some things I spotted:

  • You are using commas where full stops are called for
  • You not using full stops where they are needed
  • i am and i'm are wrong. You must always use an uppercase I for that
  • Put a space after punctuation, And no space before
  • New sentences must begin with an uppercase letter
  • Remove some of the very casual phrases that don't add much, and get in the way of clarity
  • Google is a company. it is a thing. So don't use they for it
  • etc is best avoided
  • ... does not mean what you think it means
  • : does not do what you think it does
  • if the subject of the sentence is singular then the verb must take the singular form (the cat sits)
  • if the subject of the sentence is plural then the verb must take the plural form (the cats sit)
  • if the subject of the sentence is singular then the verb must take the singular form
  • is it an adjective or an adverb? delve too deep[ly]
  • Case matters. Especially in Cork

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