Ask any grammar buff what separates good writers from the not-so-good and you’ll probably get an answer like misuse of “lay” and “lie” or dangling participles or “who” in place of “whom.” But to me, ...

Ask any grammar buff what separates good writers from the not-so-good and you’ll probably get an answer like misuse of “lay” and “lie” or dangling participles or “who” in place of “whom.” But to me, ...

If there is a consistent mechanical or stylistic problem with the paper, rewrite a few of the student's sentences (change passive to active verbs, cross out redundant phrases, rewrite wordy sentences, ...