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:

1. Loose vs. lose
2. Me, myself, and I
3. Different than vs. different from
4. Improper use of the apostrophe (I’ve delved into that subject a few times)
5. Parallelism
6. i.e. vs. e.g.
7. 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?

Don’t read this post if you want to be a lousy writer

Here are two blog posts with good writing pointers:

• 37 Signals: Buzzwords say all the wrong things— Matt Linderman lists four good reasons why writers should eschew buzzwords and keep their text simple.
• Copyblogger: Copywriting 101—Brian Clark’s article is geared towards writing for marketing, but isn’t everyone who writes trying to hawk something, be it a product, idea, or him or herself? This blog entry has 10 tips for writing great copy. Read it or the kitty gets it.