{"id":11029,"date":"2024-02-09T19:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/in-the-world-of-grammar-the-term-mechanics-refers-to-using-capital-letters-abbreviations-numbers-and-correct-spelling-in-this-discussion-board-we-will-look-at-the-first-three-of-those-four-ite\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T19:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T19:30:24","slug":"in-the-world-of-grammar-the-term-mechanics-refers-to-using-capital-letters-abbreviations-numbers-and-correct-spelling-in-this-discussion-board-we-will-look-at-the-first-three-of-those-four-ite","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/in-the-world-of-grammar-the-term-mechanics-refers-to-using-capital-letters-abbreviations-numbers-and-correct-spelling-in-this-discussion-board-we-will-look-at-the-first-three-of-those-four-ite\/","title":{"rendered":"In the world of grammar, the term &#8220;mechanics&#8221; refers to using capital letters, abbreviations, numbers, and correct spelling. In this discussion board, we will look at the first three of those four items (for spelling,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In the world of grammar, the term &#8220;mechanics&#8221; refers to using capital letters, abbreviations, numbers, and correct spelling. In this discussion board, we will look at the first three of those four items (for spelling, use your spell check in your word processor).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">See the video below for an overview of the topic:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Follow the steps below for this discussion board:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Review<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>the Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) on the following topic:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Capital letters:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/general_writing\/mechanics\/help_with_capitals.html<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Numbers:<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/general_writing\/grammar\/writing_numbers.html<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Abbreviations:&nbsp;<a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/blog\/abbreviations\/<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Note:<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>I suggest saving the Butte College grammar site we have used so far this semester in our discussion boards or the Purdue OWL linked above or the grammarly.com site or another good grammar website that you favor so that you can go back to it and check for answers to questions that you might have related to grammar and writing throughout this class and throughout college as a whole.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Write<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>a mini-story or continue with the story you created for the Punctuation discussion board.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3.<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Add in<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span>at least<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">one example each of capitalization, numbers, and abbreviations<\/strong>. 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