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1. The document provides a list of the top 10 common grammar errors to avoid, including issues with subject-verb agreement, pronoun usage, apostrophe usage, comma usage, run-on sentences, homophone usage, verb tense, who/whom usage, double negatives, and fewer/less usage. 2. Some examples of errors provided are subjects and verbs not agreeing in number, using "everybody" with the pronoun "their", incorrectly using "its" or "it's", missing commas in compound sentences, run-on sentences without proper punctuation, misusing homophones like "accept" and "except", using the wrong verb tense, improperly using "who" and "whom", including double

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1. The document provides a list of the top 10 common grammar errors to avoid, including issues with subject-verb agreement, pronoun usage, apostrophe usage, comma usage, run-on sentences, homophone usage, verb tense, who/whom usage, double negatives, and fewer/less usage. 2. Some examples of errors provided are subjects and verbs not agreeing in number, using "everybody" with the pronoun "their", incorrectly using "its" or "it's", missing commas in compound sentences, run-on sentences without proper punctuation, misusing homophones like "accept" and "except", using the wrong verb tense, improperly using "who" and "whom", including double

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TOP 10 GRAMMAR ERRORS

HOW TO AVOID THE GRAMMAR POLICE

1.
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Lack of subject
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verb

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
or her own poem.

3.
Incorrect use of
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apostrophes
Examples: Its vs. Its
Its branches were falling.
Its a cold day.
Theyre vs. Their Theyre ready
to leave. They are on
their way.

4.
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Missing
comma
or semi colon
in a compound
sentence

Correct: She wanted to go but


she didnt have a car.

5.
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es-and-tips/5-most-common.html
run-on
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sentences

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
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homophones

Using wrong
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ts-of-speech/verbs/English-Verb-Tenses.html
verb

Examples: Accept vs. Except Accept means to receive. Except


means to take out or leave out.
There vs. Their They wanted
to go there. Their mother was
not home.

Examples: For present tense


We walk to the store.
For past tense We walked
to the store.
For future tense We will walk
to the store.

8.

9.

Using
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ps/grammar-usage-who-versus-whom.html
who
vs.

Using
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es-and-tips/double-negative-trouble.html
double
negatives

Examples: Who is a subject


pronoun. Who is driving the car?
Whom is an object pronoun.
With whom are you going to
the party?

Incorrect: She doesnt have no


idea of what to do next.
Correct: She doesnt know what
to do next.

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.

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