A CUPS writing checklist helps ensure clarity in grammar, usage, punctuation, and spelling in written work.
- Capitalization
- Beginning of sentences capitalized
- Proper nouns capitalized
- Titles capitalized correctly
- Days of the week capitalized
- Months capitalized
- Usage
- Words used correctly
- Appropriate verb tense
- Subject-verb agreement
- Complete sentences
- No run-on sentences
- Punctuation
- End marks (periods, question marks, exclamation points) correct
- Commas in lists
- Commas in compound sentences
- Quotation marks used correctly
- Apostrophes for possession and contractions
- Spelling
- Words spelled correctly
- No homophone errors
- Commonly confused words correct
- No extra letters
- Correct use of capitalization in names