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No computer program can accurately check your grammar and guarantee error-free sentences. Too many decisions have to be made and computers can't make them. But this checklist can help you proofread in a systematic way. If you are a non-native speaker of English or your papers typically have lots of errors, you should read them over several times, focusing on only one kind of error in each reading. Focused reading can improve your concentration. Your reader will appreciate your efforts and thorough proofreading may well improve your grades. For information about the kinds of problems and situations covered by the checklist, you can click on "LARC" for an explanation or consult the page reference for Writing from A to Z (fourth edition), UCI's mostly frequently used writing handbook. You can also click GG to access the internet's most popular grammar guide, Guide to Grammar and Writing, which provides exercises for those who want to strengthen problem areas. Word endings ( inflections) LARC
Faulty predication -- "to be" verbs that link unrelated things LARC AZ 297, 424 GG Parallelism LARC AZ 405-406 GG
Articles (a, an, the) LARC AZ 199-202 GG Pronouns (without clear antecedents)—vague "this" or vague "it" LARC AZ 180-183 GG
Idioms (idiomatic use of prepositions and phrasal verbs: verbs + prepositions) LARC AZ 321-322, 417-418 GG LARC handouts for the Grammar Checklist were written by LARC Writing Specialist Richard Nester
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