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These are the “fatal” mistakes. Papers with these errors will not receive a grade:

1. Misspelled words

2. Sentences that begin without capitals

3. “I” not capitalized

4. Use of text-messaging abbreviations, such as “u” for “you”

5. Sentence fragments

6. Run-on sentences (with “comma splices")

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Papers with these errors cannot receive a grade higher than “C”:

1. Subject-verb agreement errors

2. Pronoun-antecedent agreement errors

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