TOP 10 GRAMMAR ERRORS

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1.
Lack of subject http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/sentences/Subject-Verb-Agreement.html

verb
http://grammar.yourdicagreement
tionary.com/sentences/Subject-Verb-Agreement.html

Subjects and verbs must

agree in number.
Examples: The dog growls when
he is angry. [singular] Dogs growl
when they are angry. [plural]

2.
Using the wrong
htpronoun
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Incorrect: Everybody must write

their own poem.
Correct: Everybody must write his 3.
or her own poem.
Incorrect use of
apostrophes
http://www.yourdictionary.com/apostrophe

Examples: Its vs. It’s –

Its branches were falling.
4.
It’s a cold day.
They’re vs. Their – They’re ready Missing comma
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/sentences/Subject-Verb-Agreement.html

to leave. They are on or semi colon

their way.
in a compound
sentence
Correct: She wanted to go but
she didn’t have a car.
,

5.
htWriting run-on
tp://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rul es-and-tips/5-most-common.html
sentences
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules-and-tips/5-most-common.html

Incorrect: Tom is very cute, he is

very popular at school.
Correct: Tom is very cute. He is
very popular at school.

6. 7.
Misuse of Using wrong
homophones
http://www.yourdictionary.com/homophone verb
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/partense
ts-of-speech/verbs/English-Verb-Tenses.html

Examples: Accept vs. Except - Examples: For present tense –

Accept means to receive. Except We walk to the store.
means to take out or leave out. For past tense – We walked
There vs. Their – They wanted to the store.
to go there. Their mother was For future tense – We will walk
not home. to the store.

8. 9.
Using Using
who vs.
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rules-and-tiwhom
ps/grammar-usage-who-versus-whom.html double negatives
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/grammar-rul es-and-tips/double-negative-trouble.html

Examples: Who is a subject Incorrect: She doesn’t have no

pronoun. Who is driving the car? idea of what to do next.
Whom is an object pronoun. Correct: She doesn’t know what
With whom are you going to to do next.
the party?

10.
Using few vs. less
Use “few” or “fewer”
for things you count.
Use “less” for things
you measure.
Example: She wore out fewer
shoes because she walked
less miles.