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In grade school, grammar was drilled into the curriculum. The English teachers would always have many worksheets full of ways to use commas and colons and fragments and run on sentences. It always seemed that the teachers dreaded teaching this subject, and students weren't fond of it either. After a lesson of doing continuous worksheets, all that was accomplished was frustrated students and teachers. High school didn't contain any grammar work that I can remember. The focus was more on writing a good five paragraph essay, and learning the structure of a paper. Our grammar was not corrected, but our form was.

I still don't know perfect grammar. Punctuation has always given me a hard time, and when I write papers I always second guess myself. Commas and dashes and semi colons have been my issue. However, even in class when we had worksheets on them, they all seemed to merge together. I have always hoped that the more I write, the more it will make sense to me. I think that by taking a writing seminar Freshman year I was able to narrow down my problem and make corrections. Throughout college, I hope to discover and correct other grammar issues that I have yet to notice.

With the introduction to Word documents and spell/grammar checks, it became less important to know. When I was in high school I remember relying on spelling and grammar checks to correct anything that I was unsure of. After learning that these tools were not always right, I have learned to rely on myself to determine what the correct punctuation is. Although it is a grueling subject, it is necessary to know before writing long term papers and documents.

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