1.
Using a comma without a conjunction to connect what could stand as two complete thoughts.
1 point - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
2.
Misspelling “sincerely.”
1 point - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
3.
Using “I” when you should use “me.”
This error just makes the writer sound pompously ignorant.
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
4.
Using “literally” when you’re using a metaphor to describe something.
It isn’t literally raining cats and dogs, you didn’t literally get soaked to the bone, nor are you literally going to need a rowboat to get back home.
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
5.
Using “whom” when you should use “who.”
Yep, pompous and ignorant.
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
6.
Using quotation marks around a word to show emphasis.
Classic example: “FRESH” Eggs! (because we prefer rotten eggs, right?)
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
7.
Not using an apostrophe to write the contraction of “it is.”
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
8.
Using an apostrophe when you mean to use “its” to show possession.
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
9.
Allowing spell check your incorrectly-spelled “definitely” to read “defiantly.”
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
10.
Using “your” when you should use “you’re.”
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
11.
Using “there,” “they’re,” or “their” incorrectly.
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
12.
Using the phrase “all of the sudden” instead of “all of a sudden.”
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
13.
Using an apostrophe-“s” to make a word plural.
All you need is an “s” or an “es,” and maybe every now and then, only an apostrophe, but never, ever an apostrophe-“s.” Really.
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
14.
Using “lose” when you mean “loose.”
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
15.
Using “sacred” when you mean “scared.”
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
16.
Using “breathe” when you mean “breath.”
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
17.
Using “then” when you mean “than.”
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
18.
Ending sentences with prepositions
As in, “Sentence fragments the writer doesn’t seem to be aware of.”
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
19.
Awkwardly rearranging a sentence to prevent ending it with a preposition
As in, “Sentence fragments of which the writer doesn’t seem to be cognizant.” While this is technically correct, it’s also rather painful.
0 points - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
20.
Sentence fragments the writer doesn’t seem to be aware of.
-1 point - added 14 years ago by phdlist -
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