singular Can you give me a glasses of Can you give me a glass of

water? water?
informal word usage It was stupid of me to make It was foolish of me to make
such a remark. such a remark.
contractions should not be This shouldn’t take place. This should not take place.
used

wrong transition has been His sister had a cold; His sister had a cold;
used however, Julie’s family therefore, Julie’s family
canceled the trip. canceled the trip.

apostrophe error My dogs name is Milo. My dog’s name is Milo.

I have two pet’s. I have two pets.

parallelism error I need to go to the store, buy I need to go to the store, buy
some groceries and I deliver some groceries and deliver
the parcel also. the parcel.

Leave space at beginning of Firstly, it is important to Firstly, it is important to

every paragraph know the recipe by heart. know the recipe by heart.