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<p><font color="#663300">from <b><font size="4">Polson High School</font></b></font><br> <a href="http://www.flatheadreservation.org/index.php/phs"><font size="2"> Michael L. Umphrey website</font></a></p> <h2 class="title">Copy editing guidelines<br>    <b><font size="2" face="Verdana">Expectations for writing</font></b></h2> <p><b>By Michael L Umphrey</b></p> <p><p><b>These are the “fatal” mistakes. Papers with these errors will not receive a grade:</b> </p> <blockquote><p>1. Misspelled words </p> <p> 2. Sentences that begin without capitals </p> <p> 3. “I” not capitalized </p> <p> 4. Use of text-messaging abbreviations, such as “u” for “you” </p> <p> 5. Sentence fragments </p> <p> 6. Run-on sentences (with “comma splices")</p></blockquote> <p> <http://www.flatheadreservation.org/index.php/phs/printer/five_fatal_mistakes/" title="Watch slide show">Watch slide show</a> </p> <p> <b>Papers with these errors cannot receive a grade higher than “C”:</b> </p> <blockquote><p>1. Subject-verb agreement errors </p> <p> 2. Pronoun-antecedent agreement errors</p></blockquote></p> <a href="http://www.flatheadreservation.org/index.php/phs/copy_editing_guidelines/">Copy editing guidelines</a><br /> <b><font face="Times New Roman" size="2">sent from Michael L. Umphrey's website</font></b>