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annoying ways

Sydney Meyer
March 22, 2018

I found Annoying Ways to be a great article because it quickly grabbed my attention since I hate slow drivers as well and it really annoys me. I found it interesting how they compared writing with slow drivers. there are potentially secret rules when driving that everyone knows about but doesn't always follow them. As for writing its the same thing there are rules that you are supposed to follow and many people know them they just don't follow them all. the first example they used explains that when providing  a quote the writer must introduce the quote or at least give some previous evidence as to why the quote was placed in the passage. Another example that they used is when you want to look at the article the writer is using to cite their information from but the citation does not match up with their works cited page. these examples show me that when writing you need to pay attention to the little things and make sure that your paper is making sense as you are writing it.

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  1. I love how you talked about secret rules, I think the reading touches on that when they say how it's not technically a rule but most people expect you to write this way. I completely agree that as writers we must pay attention to the little things because they are important.

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