Proofreading for college-aged kid?

prezbucky
Sun, 13 Jul 2014 22:47:37 +0000

I’ve proofread a few books and two movie scripts. Im enough of a control freak and pedant that I’ll likely check my kids’ submissions.

One rather troublesome and frequent issue these days is the use of comma splices, which tend to lead to run-on sentences.

My child is tired, however, she continues to run.

Should be:

My child is tired; however, she continues to run.