In compliance with the Politique institutionnelle d'évaluation des apprentissages (Excerpts from the PIEA) in effect at Cégep à distance:

• In French and English language of instruction courses, you may lose up to 30% of the allotted value of the evaluation activity for poor language quality (0.5 point per punctuation error and 1 point for any other error [vocabulary, syntax, spelling, grammar]). Except for spelling errors, marks will be deducted for repeated mistakes. In French and English courses, language quality is evaluated in every assignment.
• In all other courses, you may lose up to 10% of the allotted value of the evaluation activity for poor language quality (0.5 point per error). Except for spelling errors, marks will be deducted for repeated mistakes. To encourage self-correction, no points will be deducted for language quality in the first assignment.

Your spelling and syntax should be impeccable. Use a dictionary and a grammar book if need be, and reread everything you write. Write in complete sentences and watch your vocabulary. Pay special attention to your sentence structure.