Grammar Checklist:

When evaluating your writing, check to see that you have;

All sentences begin with a capital letter.
Every sentence has a subject and predicate.
Each statement or command ends with a period.
Each question ends with a question mark.
Each exclamation ends with an exclamation mark.
Quotations use a comma (,) to separate speaker from the words and quotation marks (" -- " ) around the speakers exact words.
Proper nouns name a special person, place, or thing begin with a capital letter.
Titles such as Mr. and Dr. are abbreviated correctly and followed by a period.
Singular possessive nouns that show ownership haave an apostrophe followed by an s.

 

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