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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you! Admittedly I don’t think I was ever graded on grammar in school, but somehow went on to make deans list as an English major. Wish schools still taught this! I went to private school and have always been a good student FWIW [/quote]

You need to take old-fashioned grade school and high school grammar, punctuation and composition classes, whether in person or online.

Schools gave up on teaching those subjects to Gen Z students because the No Child Left Behind rubrics devalued grammar and punctuation.

All of us mistakes when we write, especially when we’re writing on DCUM on a phone, but older college-educated people expect other college-educated people to have a good grasp of grammar and punctuation.

If they’re kind, they’ll do their best to tell themselves that it’s not Gen Z people’s fault that you can’t write. If they’re polite, they’ll avoid confronting you about that. If they’re sophisticated, they’ll know that rules change and that how to apply some rules is a matter of taste.

But they’re horrified by your writing.

Relying on AI grammar checkers won’t help. The checkers aren’t very good. The checkers can help users with strong skills detect errors, but only if the users know enough to separate the actual errors from the false positives.

This means that the only practical way for you to deal with this problem is to take a class.

In theory, you could make do with an app or a free online textbook. The challenge is that, because the only subject most people now care about is math, finding online resources for grammar and punctuation is difficult. One place to start might be to call Georgetown’s writing center and ask what the tutors there recommend for students who need help with writing basics. [/quote]

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