8 Grammar Errors That Make Admission Officers Cringe

skieurope
Fri, 18 Oct 2019 18:50:06 +0000

RichInPitt:

HarrietMWelsch:

I doubt there are very many application readers who cringe even a tiny bit over a split infinitive, and very few over a preposition at the end of a sentence.

The article lists items that were repeatedly mentioned in a survey of actual admissions officers. Why do you doubt it’s true?

Why not just get it right?

Who decides what is right? A sample size of 18 colleges is not exactly statistically significant As widely attributed to Churchill, "“This is the sort of bloody nonsense up with which I will not put.”

That said, proofreading an essay,and having someone proof it after you should be standard before clicking the submit button on a college application.