Grammar Post

In writing my rough drafts for English 2010 I have caught myself making the same mistake at least half of the time. I usually include the author of a work toward the begining of my posts. As I type I find myself referring to the author by several different titles and their full name, last name, and first name. I have had some feedback that this makes my writing hard to follow because it is not always clear who I am talking about. In writing my papers, where there are several authors or works, I find myself getting confused. The easy way to fix this is to always refer to the author the same way. I now always use the author's last name or the title author. Dartmouth's websight lists this as one of their top 20 common grammar mistakes. To see this and the other 19 and solutions here is the website.

www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/grammar.shtml