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15 grammar goofs that make you look silly [infographic]

Posted by / March 8, 2012

Via copyblogger and BlueGlass .

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  • Ad_Media

    One and three are the most common ones that I see (and most annoying!)

  • Rob

    Tomorrow is the next day coming. And tomarrow doesn’t exist…!

  • Jennifer

    I love this. I am not the grammar police, but many of the above make sirens go off in my head! #9!!!!!!!!!!

  • Rebecca

    I have a suggestion for an add. Please address the issue of when to use “— and I, me & —“. i.e. ‘She and I are crazy wordnerds’ vs. ‘Me and CoCo are kookoo’.

    • Melissa

      Rebecca ~ #7 addresses that ~ “Choose between ‘me’ and ‘I’ by removing the other person from the sentence and using what doesn’t sound silly.”

  • edt

    What do you mean “affect” is a verb? It is also a lovely noun that means something similar to “emotive intent”.

    So “affect” and “effect” can both be nouns OR verbs; you just have to learn what they all mean.

  • weather the weather be hot or weather the weather be not, we’ll weather the weather, whatever the weather, weather we like it or not,