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Question about Short Story (1 Viewer)
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deswa1
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Umm, why would you have ANY grammar errors? You've had heaps of time to make it all perfect. I don't do EX2 but I'd imagine it would be too favourable- like it wouldn't matter for a few errors but if there's quite a few...Hey, i'm just wondering how much minor grammer errors could damage ones marks, in the short story. Thanks
Maybe someone that does EX2 though can add more deets.
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It could make that 1 mark difference between an E3 or an E4. Or whether or not you manage to state rank. It's not looked on well, it needs to be practically perfect. However, I will assume that 1 very minor grammar issue won't make too much of a difference, but as I said, it can be that 1 mark difference...
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As long as it's not major, it shouldn't affect it. For example, I love using hyphens - I do it all the time. I don't know if it's grammatically correct - and who knows if it is, really - but... that just my -style-.
But doing thing's like putting apostrophe's in the wrong place's, or other things like that - then yes, you will lose a few marks. The reason is simple - you've had almost a year to write this thing, it should be very much close to perfect.
That said, I got a Band E4 in it - and sometimes I look at my work and I go "lol i can't believe that made it through", because either my wording was bad or I think once or twice, my grammar was off by a bit.
But doing thing's like putting apostrophe's in the wrong place's, or other things like that - then yes, you will lose a few marks. The reason is simple - you've had almost a year to write this thing, it should be very much close to perfect.
That said, I got a Band E4 in it - and sometimes I look at my work and I go "lol i can't believe that made it through", because either my wording was bad or I think once or twice, my grammar was off by a bit.
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Yep, I know a few. For instance, 49/50 internal for poetry and then a 39/50 externally. (Their mark ended up being the average of two)I get your joke! haha. Thanks
It often happens at lower ranked schools where people are not used to marking EE2, and normally has a small candidature. I've seen it more commonly to have large discrepancies outside short stories and critical.
And it really shouldn't have typos because you're meant to have edited it extensively, I think no more than one or two before they'd start to let it affect you.