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Treacherous Typos: What Professors Look For |
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Written by the CollegeCodex.com Staff
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Some mistakes are funny and cute, some mistakes are embarrassing, and
some mistakes scream ignorance. We proofread our best essays
multiple times before printing, yet a few typos seem to slip by every
time. Here are some of the worst.
Misspelling the Professor’s Name
Teachers become insulted. The name of your instructor is printed on your
schedule and syllabus. Make sure it is correct. Also remember that
not every instructor has a doctorate, so be careful of calling your
instructors “professor.”
Misspelling the Author’s Name
Another insult. If you are taking the time to dissect a piece, show
respect to the author. This problem usually occurs because we misread
the author’s name on first glance and write our entire paper, citing
the name incorrectly.
Your and You’re
A popular pet peeve. Grammar check in our word processing programs may
catch this error, but in-class writings and essay tests may be left
unchecked.
No Clear Thesis
You want your paper to present a clear, strongly worded, and controversial/debatable thesis statement.
Weak Conclusion
Step beyond summaries, because your conclusion should take your point
into the future. You need to show how some topic will continue to
affect—depending on the assignment of course—the characters in a story
or the people of America.
Boring
Dry topics do not provide a mandate for dry papers. Including clear,
distinctive language structure and organization will raise your writing
above the utterly bland papers composed by your peers. |
