The most impactful improvement for me was my use of coordination and subordination. I thought that I had a very clear idea of how to correctly make compound sentences, but after our class review I realized that I was not following all the rules. I think my ability to make correct compound and complex sentences has improved.

Examples: Below are two examples of sentences that employ coordinating conjunctions within my significant writing project.

The only problem is that there is little mention of this in the handbook, and cultural citizenship is far outshadowed by the other forms of citizenship in terms of importance.

The liberal arts have a long history in education, but currently many Americans think of the liberal arts as a hindrance and want them removed from education altogether.

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Another weakness I have in my writing is not making run on sentences. Sometimes I don’t have the best control over my comma use. Usually I can correct the errors, but sometimes it’s hard for me to end the sentence. Another thing that may not be a big problem is that my paragraphs seem to be too long. In all my papers I had multiple paragraphs that took up about a whole page. I don’t know when to break up a paragraph or if I even should.