Common Grammatical Errors That Make Authors Look Dumb
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Here are some common errors that are guaranteed to make you look unprofessional:
- Lose and Loose
- Affect and Effect
- Semi-colons
- It’s for Its – and vice versa
- Their, There and They’re
- Then and Than
– These are not the same word! “You can lose your car keys if you put them in your very loose pants.” They are not interchangeable!
– If something affects you, it has an effect on you. For example: I am affected by the wind. The effect is that my hair gets messy.
– Semi-colons are not commas. They’re also not colons. A semi-colon is used between closely related independent clauses not conjoined with a coordinating conjunction.
Which means something like this:
“I went to see a movie; I was told it was sold out.”
Or between items in a series or a list that has its own punctuation:
“I have three friends: Maddie, who is my aunt’s daughter; Jane, who is my sister’s teammate; and Nancy, who is my father’s sister.
– “It’s” is short for “it is.” “Its” is the possessive form of “It.”
So…you have then:
Yes: “It’s a good day for going to the beach.”
No: “Its a good day for going to the beach.”
And: Yes: “This is a really cool gadget. Just look at all of its features.”
No: “This is a really cool gadget. Just look at all of it’s features.”
A good way to remember is to say to yourself while typing, am I trying to say “It is” or not?
– They’re over there, in their yard. OK.
Simply put:
They’re means “they are.” If “they are” doing something, then this is the proper one to use.
If something belongs to them (as a collective group) then you use “their.”
If you’re (not “your”) going somewhere – you are going “there!”
– Then is what happens next. Than compares items to each other.
“It is sunnier today than it was yesterday”
“This box is heavier than the last one.”
“If you are still having trouble after reading the directions, then you had better call John.”
“I’m going to the store next and then I’m going to the bank.”
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