Grammar, Grammar, Grammar

As often as I correct others grammar, I still mess up sometimes. Here are my five sentences that I revised in my paper.

• Original sentence: I am still fairly new to the whole college experience, I have quickly learned how stressful it can be.
• Problem: Comma splice
• Rule: Two independent clauses need to be joined together with a period or semicolon.
• Solution: I am still fairly new to the whole college experience; I have quickly learned how stressful it can be. 

• Original sentence: The founding fathers didn't fight the entire revolutionary war so people could not vote.
• Problem: Capitalization
• Rule: Capitalize proper nouns and historical events.
• Solution: The Founding Fathers didn't fight the entire revolutionary war so people could not vote.

• Original sentence: . . . Pericles, a statesman during the golden age of athens . . .
• Problem: Capitalization
• Rule: Capitalize places and specific time periods.
• Solution: . . . Pericles, a statesman during the Golden Age of Athens . . . 

• Original sentence: After realizing that we are effected daily by politics . . . 
• Problem: Commonly confused words
• Rule: Know the difference between affect and effect. 
• Solution: After realizing that we are affected daily by politics . . . 

• Original sentence: I feel the old cliche, "if you don't like something, then change it" is very appropriate when I hear people complaining about issues or policies.
• Problem: Quotations
• Rule: Cliches are rarely appropriate. Instead of trying to justify them using quotations, revise the sentence to avoid them all together.
• Solution: Some people complain about political issues all the time. We are not a stationary society; we can change things.