Correcting common mistakes
Following is a list of common mistakes:
◆ It’s = it is or it has.
◆ Its possessive doesnothave an apostrophe.
◆ The ending for an adverb of manner is ‘ly’not‘ley’.
◆ Don’t use commas instead of full stops.
◆ ‘All right’ is the correct spelling.Notalright.
◆ ‘On to’ is two words not one.
◆ Use ‘try to’not‘try and’.
◆ Use ‘while’ not ‘whilst’.
◆ ‘A lot’ is two words.
◆ ‘In front’ is two words.
◆ Do not modify the following words. They stand alone:
excellent perfect round square
triangular uniqueLooking at other common mistakes
‘Also’, ‘then’ and ‘like’ arenotconjunctions. Put ‘and’ before
‘also’ and ‘then’ in the middle of a sentence.
She went to Parisand also to Bruges.
I did my shoppingand then had lunch.Do not use ‘like’ as a conjunction. Use ‘as if’ or ‘as though’.
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