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| Are there any sentence fragments? |
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| Are there any run-on sentences? |
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| Do subjects and verbs agree? |
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| Are there spelling errors? |
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| Is verb tense consistent? |
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| Are the beginning of sentences and proper nouns capitalized? |
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| Do sentences use appropriate punctuation? |
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| Is internal punctuation (comma, colon, semicolon, dash) used appropriately? Be especially careful with dialogue. The comma goes inside the closing quotation marks. For example: "I saw Wilma at the store," Dana told her mother. |
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| Are pronouns used correctly? |
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| Has the writer successfully written in the active voice? |
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