Common Grammatical Errors

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2. GRAMMATICAL ERRORS
THAT KILL YOUR WRITING CREDIBILITY
• Grammatical error is a term used in prescriptive
grammar to describe an instance of faulty,
unconventional, or controversial usage, such as
a ​misplaced modifier or an inappropriate verb
tense. Also called a usage error. We will
compare grammatical error with correctness.
• It's also known as: error, usage error, grammar
error or mistake, bad grammar
• Grammatical errors are usually distinguished
from (though sometimes confused with) factual
errors, logical
fallacies, misspellings, typographical errors, and
faulty punctuation.

3. ★ Who = subjective pronoun, like “he,” “she,” “it” – acts as a subject.
★ Whom = objective pronoun, like “him,” “her” “us”
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4. ★ Lay – transitive verb; needs a direct subject and an object.
★ Lie – intransitive verb and needs no object.
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5. ★ Continual = something is constantly occurring, but with lapses in occurrences.
★ Continuous = something that continues without any stops or gaps.
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6. THE USEOF
Whether & If
★ Whether = conditional; used when there are two or more alternatives
★ If = no alternatives
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7. ★ Farther = used for physical distance.
★ Further = used for abstract lengths.
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8. ★ Disinterested = someone who is impartial. No bias.
★ Uninterested = someone who really just couldn’t care less.
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9. ★ Since = time-related..
★ Because = cause related..
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10. ★ Bring = moving an object towards something.
★ Take = moving an object away from something..
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11. ★ Affect = almost always a verb; means to influence..
★ Effect = usually describes the result or an outcome. In some cases, is used
as a transitive verb..
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12. ★ I.e. = you are describing the essence of something..
★ E.g. = basically used for listing down or enumerating examples..
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13. ★ Which = refers to object/non-humans..
★ Who = refers to humans..
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14. ★ Your = Possessive. Your dog, your bag, your car.
★ You’re = You + are. Describes a state of being. You’re a doctor. You’re a
teacher. You’re a child.
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15. THE USE OF
★ They’re = they + are. Describes a state of being. They’re cooking.
★ There = location of something., I live there. I eat there. You work there.
★ Their = possessive. Their dog. Their house. Their apples..
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16. ★ It’s – It + is. Describes a state of being. It’s a boy. It’s running.
★ Its – Possessive. Its tail, its eyes, its whiskers.
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17. ★ I = Subject. Like he, she and it.
★ Me = Objective pronoun, similar to him, her, them.
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18. THE USE OF
★ Peek = you take a quick look at something.
★ Peak = the highest point of something, the peak of a mountain.
★ Pique = to provoke something.
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19. THE USE OF
★ Complement = something that completes or enhances something else.
★ Compliment = an expression of admiration for something or someone.
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20. ★ Between = used when something is in the middle of two things.
★ Among = being located within a group of things.
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21. ★ Then = used when you are situating events in time..
★ Than = used for comparisons.
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22. THE USE OF
★ All of them are wrong. Correct = could have, would have, should have.
★ Further = used for abstract lengths.
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23. ★ Two = Two dogs. Two cows. Two hands.
★ Too = As well.
★ To = Used for infinitive forms of verbs. To eat, to sleep, to breathe.
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24. THE USE OF
★ These words do not exist.
They do not need prefixes to express what they are defining.
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25. ★ Allot = means to assign.
★ A lot = means there are many.
★ Alot = is not a word..
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26. ★ Loose = something is not tight.
★ Lose = means to misplace something.
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27. THE USE OF
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★ “The use of pencils is required for the exam.”
★ “The problems of that boy are pressing.”
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