Most common grammar mistakes
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Even for native English speakers there are certain grammatical mistakes that most of us commit. Here is a list of the most common of these.
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1.
Run-on sentence
The basis of this common mistake is missing or inappropriate use of punctuation to connect sentences.
21 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
2.
It’s for its
It’s is a contraction for “it is” and the other is a pronoun, don’t get it mixed up.
20 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
3.
They’re or their or there
Although they all sound the same they cannot be used interchangeably. There is a direction, their is a plural possessive and they’re is a contraction.
18 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
4.
i.e or e.g.
“i.e.” means “that is” and “e.g.” means “for example.”
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5.
Effect or affect
Affect is used as a verb and effect is used as a noun. Unfortunately most of us don’t know the difference.
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6.
Different than for different from
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7.
You’re or your
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8.
Could have instead of could of
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9.
Here or hear
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10.
Wrong tense or verb form
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11.
Drug or dragged
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12.
Dangling, misplaced modifier
9 points - added 13 years ago by kris -
13.
Pronoun agreement error
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14.
Wrong word
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15.
Unnecessary shift in tense
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16.
Lack of subject-verb agreement
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17.
Unnecessary comma
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18.
Vague pronoun reference
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19.
Sentence fragment
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20.
Misspelling verb ending
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