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Common
Writing
Errors!

 

Here's a list of common writing errors. Click on the name to read an explanation of the error and how to correct it.

  • 'A' or 'An'
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  • Agreement (Subject & Verb)
  • Agreement (Tenses)
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  • Accept or Except
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  • Affect or Effect
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  • All Right
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  • A Lot
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  • Apostrophes
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  • Both or And
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  • Colons
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  • Commas
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  • Comma Splices
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  • Dangling modifiers
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  • Dashes and Hyphens
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  • Deadwood
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  • Due to
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  • Either or Or
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  • Emphasis
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  • Exclamations
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  • Fused Sentences
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  • Italics
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  • Its or It's
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  • Loose and Lose
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  • Modifiers
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  • Parallelism
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  • Periods
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  • Possessives
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  • Pretentious Language
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  • Pronoun Agreement
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  • Pronoun Reference
  • Question Marks
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  • Quotation Marks
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  • Repetition
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  • Semicolons
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  • Sentence Fragments
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  • Tense Shifting
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  • Their or There or They're
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  • Titles
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  • Underlining
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  • Writing Numbers
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    For more explanations and information about common errors, visit David McMurray's Technical Writing pages


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