ANNOUNCEMENT: 1% infractions

The following list of mistakes will result in a 1% penalty for each occurrence on assignments going forward:

1% for each infraction:

• There/their/they’re
• You’re/your
• To/too
• Not capitalizing a proper noun like Nigeria or Belgium or Shell Oil or The Holocaust
• Not capitalizing the first word in a sentence
• Not putting a period at the end of a sentence
• Using the wrong word:

  “loose” instead of “lose”

  “defiantly” instead of “definitely”

  
  

  “alot” instead of “a lot”

  “barley” instead of “barely”

  
  

  “King Leopard” instead of “King Leopold” 

  
  
  
  

  “of” instead of “off”

  “I” instead of “if” or “in” 

  “board” instead of “bored”

  “go” instead of “got”

• Things that spell check would have caught:

  “rtes” instead of “rates”

  “f” instead of “if” or “of”

• Misspelling the name of a country or a people – “the Belgiums” is totally unacceptable
  
  
  
  
  One I didn't mention in all of today's classes was screwing up it's/its - this is also on the 1% infraction list.