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13. Observe the conventions

There are reasonable and normal guides for grammar and punctuation. You should follow these routinely and without complaint. Most of those who find such guidelines too restrictive have yet to learn the guidelines.

  1. Reference: punctuation
  2. Reference: grammar
  3. The most common problems
  4. Glossary of grammatical terms

Courtesy of John Mercer Associates, www.MercerWriting.com

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