Getting rid of pesky comas

Assignment: Grammar quiz - fix the errors in the attached paragraph.

Student answer to one error: Remove coma.

Prones and cons

Assignment: Write an essay that compares two solutions to a problem.

Student response: A 4-page essay about how to survive a zombie attack. Here's a snippet:

Another prone is that if you get infected there is no one that you might immediately harm. A con on the other hand is that there is no one with which to trade the night watch making finding the perfect resting place to rest.

Guest Post: Professor Z brings us hoes going to your mouth

Please welcome Professor Z, a fellow community college English instructor with some gems to share.

After spending a long, hard weekend reading hundreds of student essays, and with a forehead sore from repeated face-palms, Professor Z provides us with these:

1. If you don’t know what a camel pack is, it’s basically a water bottle on your back with a hoes going to your mouth.

2. We started off our hike up the mountain which the terrain was rough with rocks and obstacles right off the back.

3. As I pulled up those worn out hammy down snow pants, tugging on the extra stretchy suspenders, which stretched for what seemed like miles at age five.

4. Boats fluttered on water which looked like flying boats at every pinning moment.

I apologise

Email from student who has missed two week's worth of classes already this semester:

I apologise for missing a second class. I have been having an issue with transportation. I currently do not have a lisence and have had problems thetaxi services on fridays.


My answer: Apologise accepted.