Grammar Mistakes Say A Lot
September 18, 2009 by blackgirlgrown
Filed under work
A university professor cautions his students on the hazards of poor grammar:
You will be judged, for your entire life, on the basis of how well you write. If you write well, people will think you are smart. If you write poorly, they will think you are dumb. That is perhaps unfair, but it is the reality, and you might as well face it now.
We couldn’t agree more. We had to do a quick Internet search on the difference between “alot” and “a lot” for the title of this blog post! Survey says: “alot” isn’t even a word.
But we digress…..
Regular readers know this is not a new topic here on blackgirlgrown.
The same professor provided his students with his “Top 10″ most common grammar/writing errors.
A few egregious errors include:
- Writing `cannot’ as two words
- Confusing `there’ with `their’
- Misunderstanding apostrophes after S
- Knowing when to use whom and who
- Confusing i.e. (that is, in other words) and e.g. (for example, for instance)
We’re guilty as charged.
Next time you have a grammar question or question your grammar, try these resources to get the right answer:
- Grammar Girl
- WikiHow’s How to Use English Punctuation Correctly
- The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University
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