Write Like A Pro By Avoiding These Silly Grammatical Errors



Posted: Friday, October 24, 2008

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'Irregardless of what you say, there is no one who loves you more than me.'

The above sentence may have the most romantic intentions ever but let's see if you can check out what's wrong with it. Yup, you have it, the grammar is absolutely awful. If the great poets wrote like that, no matter how lofty their sentiments may be, writing like this would definitely nullify any sort of great idea they may have. So it's imperative, especially for mere mortals like us to always practice the art of proper grammar for us to be best understood.

Sometimes even the best can make mistakes, but they just do a really great job of limiting them to a bare minimum. Here are a few of the most common grammar errors that you should avoid if you want that crush of yours to swoon over your next amazing creation of free verse:

l    Interchanging 'their' and 'there', as well as 'they're' and 'their': Some of us have this nasty habit of interchanging these words, because they sound so terribly alike. However 'they're' is a contraction of 'they are', 'there' implies the location of an object and 'their' is a reflexive pronoun used to signify ownership.
l    Interchanging 'its' and 'it's': This specific error will make you an editor's nightmare. The word its should be used in sentences like 'Grass is its favorite food' and shouldn't be mistaken for the contraction of 'it is' which is no other than 'it's'.
l    Using a double negative in a sentence: Language is actually very much like mathematics in a sense that while in math you are made to cancel  the negative sign when two negative numbers are added, two negatives in one sentence definitely don't make a right. So phrases like 'won't do nothing' may sound like pretty quotable quotes but aren't exactly correct in usage.

These are just a few of the countless errors that will definitely keep you from becoming the next William Shakespeare. If you want to know more of those costly errors that you may not know are already cramping your style, just visit: http://crunkish.com/top-ten-common-grammar-mistakes/. 

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» left by straight talk
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In this computer age the time bewteen brain to paper is a major factor. Hence the thought process one thing and the written word another. Its use, spelling another. The other factor is reading and comprehension skills. Our society is down to a 5th grade skill level. I find my typing skills don't line up with my fingers. Howevr, you make excellent points. I read and proof read over and over, at least 10 times or more and still miss things. I never depend on spelling or grammer checks. Yet some assume all is well. That is the trap. Always, where possible, have someone else proof your work.
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