Ten Common but Easily Corrected Errors

[petarpan]

Ten Common but Easily Corrected Errors

by Tina Blue
January 4, 2001

Here are some errors that are so common that even otherwise good writers sometimes make them. Check out this list, and if any of these errors seem familiar to you, you might want to start proofreading your articles for them, because they are as easy to correct as they are

Comments

[lilithlotr]

god, those are mostly really obvious errors. I can't imagine anyone with any intelligence, and who is over the age of 12...

That said, I did once use "irregardless" by mistake. I was copying and pasting from a statement someone had made, and didn't catch it...

[stonestepper]

Well, I admit to using the word 'alright' as a one word affirmative. I'll be careful in the future.

adverb: used to reinforces an assertion
adverb: sentence-initial expression of agreement

[del_rion]

And here I have been using "alright" for a long time :P And I thought it and "all right" had a slight difference.... (that's about the only mistake I have on this list, so, good me! Of course it is needless to say that few of these I didn't even know to begin with, so I'm not in a risk of using them XD).

Hey, thank you for the grammar lesson ;0)

[parisad]

I'm seriously trying to improve my english, so posts like that are very useful :) And BTW, when I send you a mail and you find some mistake tell me, ok? Then you must write me an italian mail and I will correct your spelling...(eh eh just kidding)
I sent you a mail with my last message to yahoo service. They're really annoying and idiot. I fear I will never have my yahoo mail back again...:(