Grammar

As a new writer, you need to avoid the most common writing mistakes. There isn’t a writer who has absolutely perfect grammar control, and even professional writers usually need an editor. When it comes to spelling and grammar errors, every writer makes mistakes. As much as you try to avoid as many as you can, there…

The Grammar Police are around online in their thousands nowadays. They are ever watchful and incredibly quick on the draw. Whenever the tiniest grammatical error, typo, or erroneous spelling mistake hits the ether of the Internet, they are onto it. And in a flash. So fast, I might forget about the tedious task of proofreading…

Accuracy is vital in producing good writing, but what about common punctuation mistakes? Basic grammar and spelling mistakes weaken any text, so you always need to correct them. However, it is easy to overlook the most common punctuation mistakes if you are not careful. Sometimes laziness can create punctuation errors, so you need to check…

Punctuation problems are usually the most ignored grammar aspect when it comes to writing. Yet, it might make you look really unprofessional in the eyes of your readers. In some cases, they may just fail to understand you well. Learn the most crucial punctuation mistakes and take all the necessary steps to avoid them. 1.…

The present perfect tense and its aspects are used more often in British English than in US English. It is one of the subtle distinctions between the two most spoken forms of English. This is why it is important for a writer or author to be careful with the choice of tenses. You need to…

Writters? Yes, the title of this post should read, writers who should have done a free grammar check. But it caught your attention, didn’t it? An English grammar checker is essential as grammar and spelling errors can never be excused in any form of writing. As readers of my blog know, I am an unrelenting…

If you are a new writer or author, never trust grammar checkers 100% to correct your writing. With all the terrific online writing tools and correctors we use today, correcting writing mistakes seems easy. However, none of them are perfect. Even if you pay for a premium version, it can miss some errors, typos, and…

Did you say writing is easy? The grammar police will know that this post’s title and first line contain a clumsy error. I used it because I see this phrase often online. It highlights how easy it is for an author or writer to type a bio on Twitter or Facebook too quickly and, in…

Can a collective noun use a singular or plural verb form? In some cases, collective nouns can take either singular or plural verbs. But it depends on which form of English you are using. The United States and Great Britain are two countries separated by a common language. When is there a choice of verb…

Something for Star Wars grammar lovers. There is nothing better than a little inverted Yoda grammar to get the purists’ teeth gnashing. The fantastic infographic below gives a few examples of Yoda speak, which I have to admit I love. From inverted word order, or inversion, to dropping auxiliaries, moving modifiers, all the way through…