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Today we will begin reviewing for our first grammar test one week from today: Weds, 10/21

Concepts to Know Complete sentences Sentence fragments Run-on sentences Common vs. proper nouns Abstract vs. concrete nouns Collective nouns Compound nouns Appositives Plural vs. possessive vs. contraction

Things to look for when editing

1. Verbs must be in one consistent tense

2. Don’t put “had” in front of all your past tense verbs

3. Dialogue should be purposeful

4. Don’t repeat information we already know

5. Don’t start sentences with and, but, so, or…

6. Look out for sentence fragments

7. Look out for run-on sentences