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You may run spell check or grammar check, but you would be very very foolish to rely solely on either. I can assure you that they are not going to catch everything. In fact, sometimes (more often than you may assume) grammar check misses errors or tells you to correct things that aren't necessarily wrong. Likewise, spell check doesn't know the difference between it's and its, too and to, there, they're, and their and so many other words that might be spelled correctly but not used correctly.
Don't trust everything machines tell you. Always talk to your teacher, ask your tutor, and refer to your handbook. You have one major tool that makes you smarter than a computer: a community of fellow human beings who can help you and who understand the complex beauties of the English language. The computer only has a program and cannot understand all the wonderful ways real people use words.
The following pages contain some helpful hints/reminders and a list of some of the terms your teachers may use when they mark your papers. Peruse the list for an explanation of what they mean by words like fusion. And don't forget that half the trick to improving your odds at getting grammar and mechanics correct is becoming conscious of your writing and writing style. Write, talk about what you write, share what you write, and look critically at what you have written.
Either choose one of the following pages or go follow the leaves.
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