Writing and research skills are vital to student success in school and in the workforce. As Orem Campus Librarian, Karen Newmeyer, has stated: “All the information in the world isn’t going to do you any good until you self-incorporate that knowledge to the point that you can communicate that information to others.” To encourage student scholarship and communication/writing skills, and to reward excellence, the Library Students Research Award is being offered for the best student paper written each quarter.
Student papers created to fulfill a class assignment for any residential or online class, that received an “A” grade, is eligible for submission. Papers will be judged on sophistication and depth of research, qualify of sources, excellence in writing, accuracy in APA citations, and originality. All papers will be reviewed by a panel of three faculty members.
Submissions are due by October 1, 2012. The winner will be announced on October 22, 2012 and will receive a Kindle e-reader.
We are very excited to receive and read these student papers.
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Does grammar count? Because in this article it clearly does not.
Okay, since you obviously don’t know what I’m talking about, here you go:
1. Speaking of APA style, when quoting someone, the quote is preceded by a comma, not a colon. Now take a look at your second sentence.
2. The word “self-incorporate” is reflexive and implies that you are incorporating yourself into something, which is not what you mean. What you mean is that you, yourself, are incorporating knowledge. “Knowledge” is the object of this sentence, not you; therefore, the use of a made-up reflexive verb makes no sense.
3. “Student papers created to fulfill a class assignment for any residential or online class, that received an “A” grade, is eligible for submission.” If you take out “created to fulfill a class assignment for any residential or online class, that received an “A” grade,” from the original sentence, you’re left with “Student papers is eligible” which is clearly incorrect. It should be “are”. While we’re here, neither of the commas in this sentence belong there. I’m sure you threw the first one in so that it doesn’t sound like the “online class” is what received the grade, but the comma doesn’t really solve that problem anyway. You’d be better off with, “Student papers that were created to fulfill a class assignment for any residential or online class and that received an “A” grade are eligible for submission.” No extraneous commas and the sentence is much clearer.
4. “QUALITY of sources” – Spell check wouldn’t have caught this one for you. You actually have to proofread your own work sometimes.
5. While it isn’t necessarily “wrong” to use the word “excited” as you did in the last sentence, it also isn’t entirely correct. The word “excited” can have connotations of anxiety and agitation, which usually is not what people mean when they use this word. The word “eager” is a much better choice.
You’re welcome.