Apostrophes:
I learned that apostrophes must primarily be used to show possession or ownership. What surprised me most was that apostrophes are not used to denote years. For example, I usually write 1990s as 1990's, which is grammatically incorrect.
End Punctuation
I did not really learn anything new from this section. It did, however, encourage me to revisit my draft. I did not use any exclamation points. The large majority of my sentences end in periods, with a few rhetorical questions for variety.
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Commas
My comma usage can probably use some work. I have learned all of the rules before; I just usually choose not to pay attention to them, which is probably not the best strategy. Because of this, I tend to have run-on sentences. My flow could use some work.
Examples
What are the consequences of sperm donation? This is an example of a rhetorical question in my essay. It is not common in the body of my essay, but is used several times in the introduction and possibly will be added in the conclusion.
Through the effective use of anecdotes, tone, and statistical records, Almeling subtly makes use of rhetoric to argue against modern sperm donation. My thesis statement is an example of proper comma usage. In it, I use commas to separate items in a list.
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