{"id":456,"date":"2022-05-28T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-28T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wordvice.com\/?p=456"},"modified":"2025-04-03T04:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T04:02:14","slug":"common-grammar-mistakes-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/common-grammar-mistakes-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Avoid Common Grammar Mistakes in Your Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6dd70851-275a-4148-aeb4-17c69380f968\" href=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010606\/List-of-Common-English-Prepositions.pdf\">List-of-Common-English-Prepositions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010606\/List-of-Common-English-Prepositions.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6dd70851-275a-4148-aeb4-17c69380f968\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-359fb051-8989-4638-9b1e-eaaf9311ac55\" href=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010656\/Difference-between-other-and-another.pdf\">Difference-between-other-and-another<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010656\/Difference-between-other-and-another.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-359fb051-8989-4638-9b1e-eaaf9311ac55\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, we continue our series on ways to improve your writing by examining another&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/2016-report-common-english-writing-errors\/\">major problem we found in our client&#8217;s writing<\/a>. After style issues, grammatical errors comprised<strong>&nbsp;21% of all writing errors<\/strong>! In this post, let&#8217;s look at what mistakes were most common and how to fix them. We also provide you a curated list of additional resources that will help you proofread and revise grammatical mistakes and strengthen your writing skills!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Most Common Grammar Errors in Writing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While there are kinds of grammar problems, we will focus on the top 5 most common mistakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Determiners<\/strong>: words that come before a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/topic\/language-rules\/nouns\/\">noun<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/topic\/language-rules\/nouns\/\">noun phrase<\/a> and tell us if the noun is general or specific and often specify a quantity. This category includes <a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/how-to-correctly-use-articles-a-an-the-in-your-writing\/\">articles (<em>a<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>an<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>the<\/em>)<\/a> and determiner words such as&nbsp;<em>this<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>that<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>every<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>each<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>which<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>that<\/em>.&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The most common issue concerns knowing which&nbsp;determiner&nbsp;to use or omit and when to do so<\/mark>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Prepositions<\/strong>: words that precede a noun or pronoun and show that word&#8217;s relationship to another word in the same sentence or clause.&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The hardest part about <a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/common-research-paper-writing-mistakes-prepositions\/\">prepositions<\/a> is that there aren&#8217;t many rules. When in doubt, use the tools we list below to double-check expressions!<\/mark><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/topic\/language-rules\/subject-verb-agreement\/\">Subject-Verb Agreement<\/a><\/strong>: a concept that requires a subject and verb to agree in number (singular\/plural).&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Problems most commonly arise when the subject is a noun phrase that contains a prepositional phrase<\/mark>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Verb Form<\/strong>: Six typical verb forms exist: the base (dictionary form), the infinitive (to+base), the 3rd person singular (verb+s), the present participle (verb+ing), the past simple, and the past participle (<a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/topic\/language-rules\/verb-tenses\/\">different verb tenses<\/a>). Some verbs have fewer forms while the verb &#8220;be&#8221; has eight!&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The main sources of verb form confusion come from using the wrong participle and overusing the present participle (verb+ing form)<\/mark>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Verb Tense Shifts<\/strong>: a problematic situation where&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">we talk about one topic at a particular point in time but use two or more tenses to talk about it in the<\/span>&nbsp;<strong>same clause<\/strong>.&nbsp;The rule is we should always use one tense or start a new clause or sentence to avoid verb tense shifting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The following is a graph depicting the frequency of all <a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/common-grammar-mistakes-writing\/\">grammatical errors<\/a> surveyed during our study.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/18055033\/Chart-of-Common-Grammatical-Errors-1024x596.png\" alt=\"common grammar mistakes chart\" class=\"wp-image-1626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/18055033\/Chart-of-Common-Grammatical-Errors-1024x596.png 1024w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/18055033\/Chart-of-Common-Grammatical-Errors-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/18055033\/Chart-of-Common-Grammatical-Errors-768x447.png 768w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/18055033\/Chart-of-Common-Grammatical-Errors-1536x894.png 1536w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/18055033\/Chart-of-Common-Grammatical-Errors-2048x1193.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As you can see from the bar graph above,&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">determiner-related problems constitute almost 60% of all the grammatical errors we found!<\/span> In particular, an overwhelming majority of the issues involved article use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why is article usage the most common grammar mistake?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles such as &#8220;a,&#8221; &#8220;an,&#8221; and &#8220;the&#8221; are tiny words, and, yet, they play a significant role in telling us the specificity of a noun. For many of you who are ESL speakers, your native language might not have articles, so we can understand why it would be difficult to decide which article or determiner to use when writing in or speaking English. Article use can be tricky, but, hey, we do have some good news: at least the English language doesn&#8217;t have gender-specific articles like many romance languages!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from not understanding the role of an article because it may be absent in your native tongue, another reason for article misuse is uncertainty about whether a noun is countable. While there are many exceptions to article use rules, the ones the English language does have largely relate to a noun&#8217;s countability. For additional information about how to use articles correctly, check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/how-to-correctly-use-articles-a-an-the-in-your-writing\/\">detailed article and visual flowchart<\/a>&nbsp;(click the link for the full article).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010934\/English-Article-Use-1-1024x730.png\" alt=\"how to use articles flowchart\" class=\"wp-image-460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010934\/English-Article-Use-1-1024x730.png 1024w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010934\/English-Article-Use-1-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010934\/English-Article-Use-1-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010934\/English-Article-Use-1-1536x1095.png 1536w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03010934\/English-Article-Use-1-2048x1460.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why is using the correct article important?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles denote specificity and introduce context for a noun. That&#8217;s a lot for a word that has only one to three letters, right? To illustrate the importance of articles, let&#8217;s look at the following scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re talking to someone and you want to tell them you desire a car. You can say one of two statements: &#8220;I really want&nbsp;<strong>a<\/strong>&nbsp;car&#8221; or &#8220;I really want<strong>&nbsp;the<\/strong>&nbsp;car.&#8221; But do you want&nbsp;<strong>a<\/strong>&nbsp;car (<strong>any<\/strong>&nbsp;car) or do you want&nbsp;<strong>the<\/strong>&nbsp;car (a&nbsp;<strong>specific one<\/strong>&nbsp;you&#8217;ve seen or heard about)? Perhaps you want the latter, so you say, &#8220;I really want the car.&#8221; However, what if the person you&#8217;re speaking to doesn&#8217;t know about this dream car you&#8217;ve wanted for as long as you can remember? You would have confused the other person with your statement because you provided no details to clarify which car is &#8220;the car.&#8221; Likewise, if you had simply said, &#8220;I really want a car,&#8221; your listener would still be uncertain about which car unless you provided further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, how do you fix this problem? You can correct this mistake in two ways: (1) start with &#8220;a car&#8221; and then explain it by using &#8220;the car&#8221; in a subsequent sentence that elaborates on which one or (2) use &#8220;the car&#8221; followed by a restrictive clause that precisely identifies the car you want. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) I really want a car. In fact, I want one exactly like the car I saw parked in front of Joe&#8217;s house yesterday.<br>(2) I really want the car I saw parked in front of Joe&#8217;s house yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How can I fix the following common grammatical errors?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Determiner Misuse<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Articles<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To decide which article to use, first decide if you have a countable or uncountable noun. Then follow the rules in the attached flowchart and <a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.com\/blog\/how-to-correctly-use-articles-a-an-the-in-your-writing\/\">article<\/a>. In short: <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have a&nbsp;<strong>noun + prepositional phrase that pinpoints one specific noun<\/strong>, use &#8220;the&#8221; in front of the noun.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you introduce&nbsp;<strong>a specific noun for the first time<\/strong>, use &#8220;a&#8221; or &#8220;an,&#8221; followed by &#8220;the&#8221; for subsequent mentions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you mean &#8220;any&#8221; of that noun, use &#8220;a&#8221; or &#8220;an.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you mean &#8220;all&#8221; members of that noun class (each and every one, generally), then, for countable nouns, use the plural + no article. For uncountable nouns, use the singular + no article.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you mean a category as a whole (and not each and every member of that category), use &#8220;the.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Countable nouns<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717&nbsp;The apple<\/mark>&nbsp;is delicious. \u2192&nbsp;\u2713&nbsp;Apple<strong>s<\/strong>&nbsp;are delicious.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;I read&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">the&nbsp;<\/mark>new book. The book was fascinating. \u2192&nbsp;&nbsp;\u2713&nbsp;I read&nbsp;a&nbsp;new book. The book was fascinating.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Uncountable nouns<\/span>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717&nbsp;The<\/mark> water is healthy for you. \u2192&nbsp;&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713&nbsp;Water<\/mark>&nbsp;is healthy for you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;I bought&nbsp;the&nbsp;water yesterday, and now I will put the water in the fridge. \u2192&nbsp;&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;I bought&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">water&nbsp;<\/mark>yesterday, and now I will put&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">the water<\/mark>&nbsp;in the fridge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Demonstratives (This\/That\/These\/Those)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be careful about using demonstratives by themselves to start a sentence. If the context is unclear, make sure to add the noun after the demonstrative. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rule<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>this + singular noun (something nearby or recently mentioned)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>that + singular noun (something &#8220;over there&#8221;)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>these + plural noun<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>those + plural noun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Examples<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">This&nbsp;<\/mark>is good for you. \u2192&nbsp;&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">This exercise<\/mark>&nbsp;is good for you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;We should adopt a new policy.&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">That policy<\/mark>&nbsp;would help us streamline operations. \u2192&nbsp;&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;We should adopt a new policy.&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">This&nbsp;<\/mark>policy would help us streamline operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">That&nbsp;<\/mark>would make her happy. \u2192&nbsp;&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">That promotion<\/mark>&nbsp;would make her happy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;Cats are feisty.&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Those&nbsp;<\/mark>animals are very independent. \u2192&nbsp;&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;Cats are feisty.&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">These&nbsp;<\/mark>animals are very independent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;What do you want to do with&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">these&nbsp;<\/mark>boxes over there? \u2192&nbsp;&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;What do you want to do with&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">those&nbsp;<\/mark>boxes over there?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Other vs. Another<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The words &#8220;other&#8221; and &#8220;another&#8221; to refer to alternatives, more of something or a different thing. Click on the image below to see a flowchart showing how to use these words. Essentially, the difference between &#8220;other&#8221; and &#8220;another&#8221; depends on the number of choices or possibilities you refer to.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark> I have two books left. Take this one. Thanks, but I want <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">the another<\/mark>. \u2192  <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark> I have two books left. Take this one. Thanks, but I want <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">the other<\/mark> one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"804\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011625\/Difference-between-other-and-another.png\" alt=\"other vs another chart\" class=\"wp-image-462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011625\/Difference-between-other-and-another.png 804w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011625\/Difference-between-other-and-another-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011625\/Difference-between-other-and-another-768x378.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For additional resources, please click on the following links:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ef.com\/english-resources\/english-grammar\/determiners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Education First<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/english.edurite.com\/english-grammar\/determiners.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pearson Edurite<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Incorrect Prepositions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prepositions in the English language are tricky. The good news is that if you are trying to reduce wordiness, you can often replace verbal and prepositional phrases with strong verbs! When you need to use relation-building words, however, here are a few tips:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Prepositions in idiomatic expressions are fixed<\/strong>. They may not follow the normal use patterns for a preposition, so when in doubt, double-check a dictionary like&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.m-w.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Merriam-Webster&#8217;s<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Never use two prepositions back-to-back<\/strong>. We often do so in speech, but in writing, this bad habit should be avoided. For example, &#8220;I had to&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">get off of<\/span>&nbsp;the train.&#8221; \u2192 &#8220;I&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">got off<\/span>&nbsp;the train.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Though we have few rules about choosing the right preposition, click on the attachment listed at the top of this page to see a&nbsp;<strong>list of commonly used prepositions<\/strong>&nbsp;(general meanings and example sentences included).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is an infographic prepared by Grammar.net, which highlights the differences between&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.grammar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Prepositions700x1150.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">14 pairs of&nbsp;<strong>commonly confused prepositions<\/strong>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"1150\" src=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011736\/Commonly-Confused-Prepositions-Grammarnet.png\" alt=\"english grammar mistakes notes\" class=\"wp-image-463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011736\/Commonly-Confused-Prepositions-Grammarnet.png 700w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011736\/Commonly-Confused-Prepositions-Grammarnet-183x300.png 183w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can use sites like Google Book&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/ngrams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">N-gram Viewer<\/a>, which scans text in books published from 1800 to 2000. It then plots how often a phrase occurs. If you are debating about which preposition to use, type in the various versions of the phrase you want (separated by commas) and hit &#8220;enter.&#8221; The frequency of the phrases will be plotted on a graph, and you should choose the phrase with the highest occurrence as of 2000 (unless you want to use language specific to an earlier time!). As you can see from the sample search result below, the phrase, &#8220;to conduct research on,&#8221; use the correct verb-preposition combination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011920\/Sample-Google-N-gram-Search-Result-1024x480.png\" alt=\"google english grammar mistakes chart\" class=\"wp-image-464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011920\/Sample-Google-N-gram-Search-Result-1024x480.png 1024w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011920\/Sample-Google-N-gram-Search-Result-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011920\/Sample-Google-N-gram-Search-Result-768x360.png 768w, https:\/\/ee-blog-cdn.wordvice.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/03011920\/Sample-Google-N-gram-Search-Result.png 1472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Or use a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordvice.ai\/tools\/grammar-checker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free grammar checker<\/a> to have AI identify grammar mistakes, provide real-time editing suggestions, and make your writing process more efficient.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For additional resources, please check out the following links:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishgrammar.org\/commonly-confused-prepositions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Englishgrammar.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grammar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Prepositions700x1150.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Grammar.net<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/ngrams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Google Book&#8217;s N-gram Viewer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Subject-Verb Agreement<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Keep in mind that verbs must agree in number with their subjects. The most common error involving subject-verb agreement arises from using prepositional phrases. Remember that the&nbsp;<strong>verb must agree with the noun before the preposition<\/strong>.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>Noun1 + Preposition + Noun2 + Verb that agrees with Noun1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">way&nbsp;<\/mark>in which we communicate with others have changed dramatically.&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">way&nbsp;<\/mark>in which we communicate with others&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">has&nbsp;<\/mark>changed dramatically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For additional resources, please check out the following links:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/owl\/resource\/599\/01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Purdue&#8217;s Online Writing Lab (OWL)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/grammar\/subjectVerbAgree.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Grammarbook.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Verb Form Confusion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The two most common errors associated with verb form are using the wrong participle and overusing the present participle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Wrong Verb Participle<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Be careful with irregular verbs. When in doubt, use a dictionary like&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.m-w.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Merriam-Webster<\/a>&nbsp;to confirm the correct spelling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>British and American English may have different spellings for certain verb participles. For example, &#8220;learned&#8221; is used in the US, while &#8220;learned&#8221; and &#8220;learnt&#8221; are both accepted in the UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Present Participle Overuse<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Generally, use the present simple tense to discuss general facts, habits, and the state or condition of something.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <li><span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/span> The sun\u00a0<span style=\"color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">is always rising<\/span>\u00a0in the east.\u00a0\u2192\u00a0<span style=\"color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/span>\u00a0The sun\u00a0<span style=\"color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">always rises<\/span>\u00a0in the east.<\/li><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Present progressive (verb+ing) is used for&nbsp;<strong>temporary<\/strong>&nbsp;actions and to express intent to do a future action. It is used when you want to point out that something is happening during the progression of another action.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;I&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">visit&nbsp;<\/mark>my sister this week. \u2192&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;I&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">am visiting<\/mark>&nbsp;my sister this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For additional resources, please click on the following links:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/blog\/verb-tenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Grammarly verb tense review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/blog\/verb-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Grammarly verb forms<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ef.com\/english-resources\/english-grammar\/verbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">EF Education First verb tense review<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/resources.jjay.cuny.edu\/erc\/tutoring\/pdfs\/27.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">John Jay College, CUNY&#8217;s overview of English verb tenses<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/continuingstudies.uvic.ca\/elc\/studyzone\/330\/grammar\/simcon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">University of Victoria&#8217;s guide to simple present vs. present continuous<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/owl.english.purdue.edu\/owl\/resource\/601\/01\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) verb tense overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Verb Tense Shifting<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When talking about a topic,&nbsp;<strong>verbs in the same clause should use the same tense<\/strong>. Mixing verb tenses can confuse the reader about the time covered by the sentence.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;Joe&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">watched&nbsp;<\/mark>the movie and&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">laughs&nbsp;<\/mark>out loud. [Joe finished the movie and is now laughing? This sentence doesn&#8217;t make sense, right?] \u2192&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;&#8220;Joe&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">watched&nbsp;<\/mark>the movie and&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">laughed&nbsp;<\/mark>out loud,&#8221; [Joe completed these actions, and logically, did so at the same time] or &#8220;Joe&nbsp;is <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">watching&nbsp;<\/mark>the movie and&nbsp;is <mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">laughing&nbsp;<\/mark>out loud&#8221; [Joe is currently performing these actions simultaneously].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While talking about a specific subject, double-check tenses in consecutive clauses or sentences.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2717<\/mark>&nbsp;Joe&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">eats&nbsp;<\/mark>chocolate whenever he&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ff0000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">got&nbsp;<\/mark>upset. \u2192&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;&#8220;Joe&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">eats&nbsp;<\/mark>chocolate whenever he&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">gets&nbsp;<\/mark>upset,&#8221; [Joe currently has this habit] or &#8220;Joe&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">ate&nbsp;<\/mark>chocolate whenever he&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">got&nbsp;<\/mark>upset&#8221; [Joe no longer has this habit].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Of course, sometimes it makes sense to mix tenses, particularly when you are showing a progression of actions.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">\u2713<\/mark>&nbsp;I&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">am editing<\/mark>&nbsp;the book that I&nbsp;<mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#339966\" class=\"has-inline-color\">wrote<\/mark>. [Naturally, to edit a book, it must already be written.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For additional resources, please click on the following links:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammarly.com\/blog\/verb-tense-consistency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Grammarly<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailywritingtips.com\/beware-the-shifting-tense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Daily Writing Tips<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope that the above information provides you with a good overview of how to correct the grammar issues in your writing. Don&#8217;t feel overwhelmed by the long list! It&#8217;s impossible for us to remember all these rules each time we write. Rather, focus on one aspect until you perfect it, then move on to the next. 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