Grammar is a significant aspect in any piece of writing. Poor grammar and inappropriate word choices could give the wrong impression about the author, even if the written content is relevant and to the point. Notwithstanding, learning grammar is a life-long process whereby knowledge is only acquired through continuous practice. In this light, below are a few grammar issues and tips that may help ace your writing.
A run-on sentence
It is a misconstrued perception to say that a run-on sentence is one that is really long. A sentence could be very long and still not a run-on. On the other hand, a sentence could be very short but a run-on, such as “I am tall he is short”. Based on this example, it can be seen that a run-on is a sentence whereby two or more independent clauses are fussed together without the help of a conjunction or a punctuation (e.g. dash, colon, or semicolon, comma).
Possessive form of words ending in “S”
Many students and novice writers think that there is only one way to present the possessive forms of words that ending in S. However, that is very wrong! For instance, the most common or conventional way of writing a word is possessive from is to add an apostrophe and S to the word, as in the case “Kansas’s statute”. However, for words already ending in S, one could just add an apostrophe without an additional S. For example, one could just type “Kansas’ statute”.
Passive voice
A passive voice is a sentence construction buyer the subject is not the thing or the person doing the act. In other words, the actor is completely taken out of the picture and the action is left without a doer. The best way to avoid passive sentences to make them active; although, should not be misinterpreted to mean that the use of passive voice is always. On the contrary, they are to be preferred if the person responsible for an action is not known.
