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There are resources for both <a href=\"#content-development-problems\">Content <\/a>Development and Correctness Problems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">View these presentations on Common Correctness Problems<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-5\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"5\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Writing Mechanics Review Part I:  Word Form\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-4\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"4\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Writing Mechanics Review Part 2: Sentence Structure Punctuation\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-2\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"2\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Writing Mechanics Review Part 3:  Misalignment\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>More on <strong><em>Correctness Problems<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/apostrophes_possessive.pdf\">Apostrophes Possessive<\/a><\/strong>:&nbsp; Apostrophes can be tricky, particularly possessive VS plural. <strong>See the presentation below.<\/strong> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/cuwrite\/sample-page\/writing-resources\/citations\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"155\">Citations:<\/a>  <strong>See the presentation below.<\/strong> Also, go to OWL Purdue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/commas.pdf\">Commas<\/a>:<\/strong>&nbsp;If you\u2019ve been wondering where to put a comma, this is the place to look. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/homophones.pdf\">Easily-Confused Words<\/a>:<\/strong>&nbsp;E.g., <strong>There <\/strong>is a problem. Too many people are mixing up <strong>their <\/strong>words, and <strong>they\u2019re<\/strong> making <strong>their <\/strong>professors unhappy. <strong>See the presentation below.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/elim_wordiness5.pdf\">Eliminating Wordiness<\/a>:<\/strong>&nbsp;Forsooth! I daresay we\u2019ve found another article, this time relating to the problem of having just a few too many words.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/run_on.pdf\">Run-ons and Comma-Splices<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong>Run-ons don&#8217;t mean that your sentences are too long. Both run-ons and comma splices jam 2 or more sentences together AS IF they are one sentence. <strong>See the presentation below.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/sentence_variety.pdf\">Sentence Variety<\/a><\/strong> Complex sentences are the secret to great flow!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/subject_verb.pdf\">Subject-Verb Agreement<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong> The problem is that it&#8217;s not always easy to identify the grammatical subject as opposed to the idea\/semantic subject. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/using_I.pdf\">Using &#8220;I&#8221;<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;I didn\u2019t write this, and that\u2019s appropriate to say. 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E.g., <strong>This<\/strong> is not clear VS <strong>This wording<\/strong> is not clear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/verbtenses.pdf\">Verb Tenses<\/a>:<\/strong>&nbsp;Answers to questions about verb tense, sequence of tenses, and tense in literature papers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/voice.pdf\">Voice: Active vs. Passive<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong>This article was written by a former tutor, and it addresses how to use active instead of passive voice in your papers. <strong>See the presentation below.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-17\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"17\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Possessive Apostrophes\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-13\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"13\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Citations Interactive Slideshow\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-16\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"16\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Easily Confused Words\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-15\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"15\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Comma Splices, Run-ons, and Sentence Fragments\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-14\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"14\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Voice: Active versus Passive\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"content-development-problems\"><strong><em>Content Development Problems<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/avoid_plot_sum1.pdf\">Avoiding Plot Summary<\/a><\/strong>:&nbsp;In this four-page summary, you will learn what plot summary is, why professors dislike it, how to avoid it, and see some examples. <strong>See the presentation below.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/cohesion.pdf\">Cohesion in Paragraphs<\/a><\/strong>:&nbsp;Do your paragraphs fall apart? Read how to glue them back together.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/concluding_paragraph.pdf\">Concluding Paragraphs<\/a>:<\/strong>&nbsp;What do you do when you\u2019ve turned in your first paper and your professor has written \u201cconclusion is weak\u201d in terrible handwriting at the bottom of your page? Read this.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/cuwrite\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/06\/quotations-1.pdf\">Quotations<\/a>:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cPutting quotations into a paragraph is an easy way for you to show that you have supporting evidence to further back up your argument\/thesis statement\u201d (Streeter, 2005). However, you also need to integrate the quotation into your own paragraph.  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