Grammar Gremlins

Ten Most Common Mistakes in Writing

 

1. confusion between subject and object pronouns

2. redundancy

3. who - whom mixups

4. feeling badly

5. using comparative adjective form when the 

    superlative form is required.

6.  failure to recognize that of phrases are

    subordinate.   The biggest of the boys ...

7.  pronoun agreement with antecedent in: number, 

     person and gender.

8.  confusing cardinal and ordinal numbers

9.  failure to conform to the requirements of parallel

      structure.

10.  using that and which interchangeably

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