The post in which I admit my grammatical flaws
In “Do you make these mistakes when you write?” on Copyblogger (a site I mentioned in my last post) Brian Clark highlights seven common mistakes that the masters Strunk and White and some of Copyblogger’s readers have highlighted:
- Loose vs. lose
- Me, myself, and I
- Different than vs. different from
- Improper use of the apostrophe (I’ve delved into that subject a few times)
- Parallelism
- i.e. vs. e.g.
- Could of, would of, should of
My main problems concern “lead” vs. “led” and “their” vs. “there.” While I know the differences between them, it requires conscious thought to make sure I get them right. Usually good grammar comes easier to me.
What writing mistakes are you prone to make?
Tags: Brian Clark, Copyblogger, Goofs, Grammar, Strunk and White
My writing focuses on travel and culture. I contribute to Air Canada's enRoute, BlackBook, Gridskipper, and UpTake. I'm also the editor-in-chief of Louisville.com.
Señor Rolando on July 24th, 2007
Most common writing mistake? Typing as I talk. Or maybe that’s vice versa. Because a while ago and after some speech a friend of mine said: »Señor, sometimes you talk as lousy as you write your blog posts.«
Well, you know – shame on me.