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Peer reviewedAllen, Virginia – Composition Studies/Freshman English News, 1997
Suggests that part of the problem with instruction in mechanics has to do with the intuitively unappealing nature of most of the "rules" that have remained unchanged for a century. Discusses problems with current rules on the use of the apostrophe. Presents a one-page reproducible handout that summarizes a technique to teach usage of the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English Instruction, Grammar, Higher Education
