Become familiar with proofreading strategies Grammar, Mechanics, and Punctuation Avoiding some common problems in grammar and mechanics can make your writing clearer and help your reader concentrate on your ideas. Here are some important areas to consider as you proofread a paper.
Fragments are incomplete sentences, and fused sentences are actually two sentences crammed together.
Circle all the verbs, which are words that can be made past tense. Yesterday, I talked . Today, I am . Any verbs that remain are probably main verbs. Anything that remains is probably an independent clause, which can stand alone as a sentence.