Just when I am convinced that one grammar error bothers me the most, I discover another that ticks me off even more than the previous one I rant about. This error rubs me the wrong way that I will in fact correct someone on a social network for it because I cannot, I repeat, can NOT stand this mistake.
It's simple and easy to learn. Are you ready?
Are you sure you're ready to hear it?
Okay, here it goes: Each other is two words.
Bam. that's it. Not eachother.
Each. Other. This one is easy to remember, just like a lot is two words, so is each other.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Monday, April 22, 2013
The naked "this"
Most often this occurs when students are writing essays in which they want to explain a quote, fact or simply a statement.
For example, "Making the mistake of the naked 'this' is very common but easily fixed." This means that you can easily learn the reason why it's wrong so you won't make the mistake again."
In the above example, the word "this" stands on its own and although the writer may think it is quite obvious that "this" refers to the quote stated before, you can not just assume that reader knows this fact. In order to fix this simple mistake, all you have to do is add a noun in after the "this" so it is no longer "naked," or standing on its own.
So, it would be better written as,
"Making the mistake of the naked 'this' is very common but easily fixed." This quote means that you can easily learn the reason why it's wrong so you won't make the mistake again."
Now that the noun "quote" has been added, the word "this" has a noun to modify whereas it was standing on its own before, which isn't grammatically correct.
For example, "Making the mistake of the naked 'this' is very common but easily fixed." This means that you can easily learn the reason why it's wrong so you won't make the mistake again."
In the above example, the word "this" stands on its own and although the writer may think it is quite obvious that "this" refers to the quote stated before, you can not just assume that reader knows this fact. In order to fix this simple mistake, all you have to do is add a noun in after the "this" so it is no longer "naked," or standing on its own.
So, it would be better written as,
"Making the mistake of the naked 'this' is very common but easily fixed." This quote means that you can easily learn the reason why it's wrong so you won't make the mistake again."
Now that the noun "quote" has been added, the word "this" has a noun to modify whereas it was standing on its own before, which isn't grammatically correct.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
a lot
This is probably the grammar mistake that I see most often. There isn't much to it, except that a lot is two words. Everyone seems to write it as one word, and I'm not sure why this is. The only reason why I can think that this happens is because then you say "a lot," it's said fast as one word, so many people think it is just one word.
Alot is not a word.
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