{"id":307,"date":"2024-01-02T02:11:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T02:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/misasdma.in\/?p=307"},"modified":"2024-01-02T02:11:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T02:11:48","slug":"common-grammatical-errors-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/common-grammatical-errors-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Grammatical Errors in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"2-pronoun-disagreement\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Pronoun Disagreement<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cEvery girl must bring their own lunch.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cEvery girl must bring her own lunch.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"3-mistakes-in-apostrophe-usage\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Mistakes in Apostrophe Usage<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cMy mothers cabin is next to his&#8217; cabin.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cMy mother&#8217;s cabin is next to his cabin.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"4-lack-of-subject-verb-agreement\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Lack of Subject-Verb Agreement<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cThese recipes is good for beginning chefs.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cThese recipes are good for beginning chefs.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"5-misplaced-modifiers\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Misplaced Modifiers<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cAt eight years old, my father gave me a pony for Christmas.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cWhen I was eight years old, my father gave me a pony for Christmas.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"6-sentence-fragments\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Sentence Fragments<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cSharon stayed home from school the other day. Because she was sick.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cSharon stayed home from school the other day because she was sick.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"7-missing-comma-in-a-compound-sentence\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Missing Comma in a Compound Sentence<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cJim went to the store and Ella went with him.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cJim went to the store, and Ella went with him.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"8-no-clear-antecedent\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">No Clear Antecedent<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cThe dad found the boy, and he was happy.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cThe dad was happy when he found the boy.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"9-ending-a-sentence-in-a-preposition\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Ending a Sentence in a Preposition<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cWhat reason did he come here for?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cFor what reason did he come here?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"10-mixing-up-spellings\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Mixing Up Spellings<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cThere father went to school there.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cTheir father went to school there.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"11-mixing-up-similar-words\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Mixing Up Similar Words<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cThe rain had a good affect on the farmer\u2019s field.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cThe rain had a good effect on the farmer\u2019s field.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"12-unnecessary-commas\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Unnecessary Commas<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cShe had a stomach ache, because she ate too much ice cream.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cShe had a stomach ache because she ate too much ice cream.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"13-mixing-up-possessives-and-plurals\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Mixing Up Possessives and Plurals<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cThe dogs dish was full of bone\u2019s.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cThe dog\u2019s dish was full of bones.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"14-mistakes-with-well-and-good\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Mistakes With Well and Good<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cI am doing good in math.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cI am doing well in math.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"15-comparisons-that-are-incomplete\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Comparisons That Are Incomplete<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cMy hair is smoother and softer.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cMy hair is smoother and softer than it was a month ago.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"16-mixing-up-adverbs-and-adjectives\" class=\"ui-heading-block\">Mixing Up Adverbs and Adjectives<\/h2>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Incorrect: \u201cSusan gave me a real nice bouquet of flowers.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Correct: \u201cSusan gave me a really nice bouquet of flowers.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pronoun Disagreement For example: Incorrect: \u201cEvery girl must bring their own lunch.\u201d Correct: \u201cEvery girl must bring her own lunch.\u201d Mistakes in Apostrophe Usage For example: Incorrect: \u201cMy mothers cabin is next to his&#8217; cabin.\u201d Correct: \u201cMy mother&#8217;s cabin is next to his cabin.\u201d Lack of Subject-Verb Agreement For example: Incorrect: \u201cThese recipes is good [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammatical-errors","tag-common-grammatical-errors-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reilsolar.com\/resume\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}