JOUR 1330 - Precision Language for Journalists

• Critically evaluate own work for clarity, style and grammatical correctness.
• Demonstrate knowledge of good syntax.
• Demonstrate understanding of parallelism and agreement.
• Identify the components of a sentence, including parts of speech, phrases, clauses, and complements.
• Punctuate sentences correctly.
• Recognize faulty language in pursuit of economy.
• Understand the structure of sentences.
• Use many commonly confused words correctly.
• Use modifiers, pronouns, and possessives appropriately.
• Use verbs correctly.