COMMON ERRORS IN GRAMMAR

1. Misplaced apostrophes (the symbol of ‘).eg: Janes horse is over there (wrong) Jane’s horse is over there (correct)

2. Your/you’re“your” is to show your belonging, “you’re” is the short form of “you are”.eg: Your beautiful (wrong) You’re beautiful (correct)

3. Its/it’s“It’s” is only used when short form for “it is”. Its” indicates something belonging to something that isn’t masculine(he) or feminine (she). eg: Its snowing outside (wrong) It’s snowing outside (correct) The sofa looks great with it’s new cover (wrong) The sofa looks great with its new cover (correct)

4. There/their/they’re“There” to refer to a place that isn’t here – “over there”.“Their” is used to show possession/ something belonging to them – their class, their bags “They’re” is short for “they are”.eg:

wrong correctTheir going to be here soon They’re going to be here soonWe should contact they’re agent We should contact their agentTheir is an argument that says There is an argument that says

5. To/two/too“To” is used in the infinitive form of a verb – “to talk”.“Too” means “also” or “as well”.“Two” refers to the number 2.eg:

wrong correctI’m to hot I’m too hotIt’s time two go It’s time to goI’m going too town I’m going to town

6. Then/than“Than” is used in comparisons.“Then” is used to indicate something following something else in time, steps of doing something. eg: She was better at it then him (wrong) She was better at it than him (correct)

It was more then enough (wrong) It was more than enough (correct)

7. Me/myself/IWhen referring to yourself and someone else, put their name first in the sentence.eg: “John and I are off to the circus” (correct) “me is off to the circus” (wrong) “myself” if you’ve already used “I”, making you the subject of the sentence.eg:

wrong correctMe and John are off to the circus John and I are off to the circusMyself and John are going into town John and I are going into townGive it to John and I to look after Give it to John and me to look after

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