I dropped out of high school in the 9th grade. I took a remedial english course but i failed the compass test which quiz students on english fragments, run-ons, verb form errors, subject-verb disagreements, shifts in person, shifts in verb tense, modifier problems, pronoun and disagreements, errors in punctuation, capitalization, and word usage.
I feel dumb and uneducated every day of my life when i am at my job interacting with my co-workers.
What can i do to improve my writing and identifying run-ons, verbs, punctuation etc....
I want to improve my grammar skills before i take the course again.
I've been reading the New York Times 3 hours every day for at least one year and that did not have an impact on my test results.
I guess reading does not help with your writing skills or identifying punctuation and run-ons in a sentence .
Do i need to read from a different source?
I am currently 21 years old.
Someone please help me!!!!
2007-07-16
17:24:49
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