Common Writing Mistakes
A red or blue line often indicates this error.
What are grammar/spelling errors?
Example: I, She, Him, Their.
What are pronouns?
The place at the end of the email where you sign your name and include your contact info.
What is a signature?
Currency.
What is the 'C' in the CRAPP test?
The class you are currently in tutorial for.
What is COMM 1000?
An error in which the writer makes the mistake of restating information multiple times.
What is redundancy?
Person, place, or thing.
What are nouns?
It tells the reader what an email is about before they even open it.
What is a subject line?
It means importance.
What is relevance?
English, accounting, math.
What subjects does the TLC offer tutoring in?
The use of too many words can confuse your readers.
What is wordiness?
Modifies a verb and often ends in "ly".
What is an adverb?
Stands for "blind carbon copy".
What is BCC?
A non-debatable, universal truth.
What is a fact?
Sunday-Friday.
What days is the TLC open?
Known mostly by people who work in a specific industry or field.
What is jargon?
Relates to position in time and space (ex. outside, yesterday).
What are prepositions?
It is where you put the name of the person you are emailing.
What is a greeting?
What you want the authors of your sources to have.
What is authority?
St James, Casa Loma, Waterfront, TMU, and Online.
What are the TLC campuses?
Sorry, I thought you knew what I was talking about.
What are assumptions?
F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.
What are conjunctions?
Click if you need to send a copy of the email to someone.
What is the CC button?
Second hand information.
What is a secondary source?
WCOnline
What is the name of the online booking portal the TLC uses?