correctness

Chapter One talks about all the aspects of correctness when it comes to writing. The entire chapter took about 50 pages and talked about different aspects such as spelling, sentence structure, capitalization, abbreviations, numbers, most commonly confused and misused words. I thought that this was very interesting because it caught my attention on some of the things that I actually do when writing. For example, atleast, actually it should be written at least. I do this all the time until my computer catches the mistake and lets me know that I should change it. Since I brought up how computers sometimes help with spell check and grammar, I should include that the chapter also covered this topic. I always use spell check but previous teachers I have had for writing and other classes has warn me that spell check does not always catch every error. The chapter on correctness also reiterated that statement.

Another thing that caught my eye while reading the chapter on correctness is the rule: I before E except after C. I remember learning this when I was just a little kid in Language Arts but it always bothered me that the word receive never fit that rule....I never knew that the rule had more to it. According to the book, it says I before E except after C OR when the word sounded like an A as in neighbor. That really surprised me and think to myself "all these years I thought the rule was a joke" but in reality i just didn't know the whole rule.

Reading the chapter also reiterated information I already learned such as how to write and place numbers in your writing, abbreviations, and using commas. However, one thing that still tricks me here and there when writing is capitalization!!!! In the book it says that you shouldn't capitalize diseases but I always thought you had to...I understand names, brand names, and etc. but some of the things listed in the "no need for capitalization" page surprised me!