The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors^305
Incorrect: Our company can handle everything quick and easy.Correct: Our company can handle everything quickly and easily. (adverb, 2)Incorrect: He should have came right back.Correct: He should have come right back. (verb, 2)Incorrect: Her mother and her agreed on a curfew.Correct: Her mother and she agreed on a curfew. (pronoun, 2, 3)Incorrect: We were so glad that the principal had chose us for early dismissal.Correct: We were so glad that the principal had chosen us for early dismissal.
(irregular verb, 1)Incorrect: We was all ready to leave.Correct: We were all ready to leave. (subject-verb agreement, 1)Incorrect: Take the food with you leave your bathing suit in the car.Correct: Take the food with you; leave your bathing suit in the car. (run-on
sentence, 1)Incorrect: If they packed to little food, it was there own fault.Correct: If they packed too little food, it was their own fault. (spelling, 10)Incorrect: Our political campaigns are longer than any others. Partly because
we’re willing to spend so much more money.Correct: Our political campaigns are longer than any others, partly because
we’re willing to spend so much more money. (fragment, 1)Incorrect: We’ll close for the whole entire time.Correct: We’ll close for the entire time. (unnecessary words, 7)