Common mistakes with grammar and language use
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The document outlines common grammar and language mistakes to avoid while proofreading, including tense agreement issues, subject/verb agreement, and pronoun/case agreement. It also touches on the confusion of similar words, incorrect modal verb conjugation, and the misuse of apostrophes in plural forms. Awareness of these errors can enhance writing clarity and accuracy.
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Common mistakes with grammar and language use
- 1. COMMON MISTAKES WITH GRAMMAR AND LANGUAGE USE THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR WHEN PROOFREADING
- 2. TENSE AGREEMENT: Mixing past and present tenses throughout a piece of text
- 3. SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT: Using plural verb conjugations with single subjects
- 4. PRONOUN/CASE AGREEMENT: Confusing the subject and object of the sentence
- 5. Using confusing similar words, such as the verbs ‘imply’ and ‘infer’, which describe different angles
- 6. Using incorrect conjugation of modal verbs
- 7. Misuse of apostrophe before ‘s’ at the end of a word, which is often incorrectly added before the ‘s’ in plural words