Grammar mistakes are inevitable. You might be an infallible grammarian but the learning doesn’t end! There are a few common grammatical mistakes most of us tend to make, time and again. Here are seven mistakes most of us are guilty of making:
Sentence fragments
Incorrect: He called his friend for the party after the argument. In spite of everything
Correct: In spite of everything, he called his friend for the party after the argument
Missing coma after the introductory element
Incorrect: In case you haven’t noticed my name hasn’t appeared on the ranking list
Correct: In case you haven’t noticed, my name hasn’t appeared on the ranking list
Misusing the apostrophe with “It’s”
Incorrect: I don’t believe its finally time to leave
Correct: I don’t believe it’s finally time to leave
No comma in a Compound Sentence
Incorrect: The girl jumped into the truck and fled away before she was noticed
Correct: The girl jumped into the truck, and fled away before she was noticed
Vague Pronoun Reference
Incorrect: When Rita met her sister, she was so happy
Correct: Rita was so happy when she met her sister
Wrong word usage
Incorrect: She excepted the job offered to her
Correct: She accepted the job offered to her
Superfluous Commas
Incorrect: The women never went out at night, because they felt unsafe
Correct: The women never went out at night because they felt unsafe
