Having a comprehensive understanding of your basic grammar and spelling skills is of utmost importance to your future role as a military professional. It will be up to you, for example, to write appropriate and accurate reports of a given situation. The better vocabulary and grammar you harvest, the better the report is likely to be. Furthermore, grammatical errors are a major distraction for many people. Imagine, for example, reading a report replete with errors such that you can hardly finish the piece in a smooth and efficient way. You need to avoid these errors. This section will introduce you to many of the critical methods you need to practice in order to improve your grammar and spelling, thereby magnifying your chance of success at the ASVAB exam.
As a budding military officer, you’ll invariably come into contact with words you’re not familiar with. For instance, how many of you will know what an ‘abjuration’ is, or what it means to ‘exonerate’ someone? This learning curve requires effort, and this effort can take the form of getting used to the following: