When working on MLA and surface level conventions in class today, I focused on fixing run on sentences. I made run on sentences into separate complete sentences and added commas if needed. I read through sentences checking to see which parts of run on sentences were independent clauses. The independent clauses were turned into their own sentences. I also worked on getting rid of unnecessary words that were just complicating sentences, instead of adding to them. These surface level revisions will help the reader be able to read through my paper more smoothly, and not get hung up by small mistakes.