Common Grammar Mistakes
Ok, this has blogged this before, http://www.copyblogger.com/grammar-goofs/
Refresher, and some additional points:
1. Pay attention to verb tense. A singular subject takes one form of a verb, a plural subject takes another. A very common verb "is" is used thus. "He, she, or it is" vs. "They are". Use "is" and "are" correctly and you look smarter.
2. "It is" is a contraction and can be spelled it's (with an apostrophe). When something belongs to something else, it's not a contraction and is spelled "its" (without an apostrophe).
3. "You are" can be spelled as a contraction "you're". When you own something, it's spelled differently, as in "your website".
Read the website above, memorize the principles, and your writing will look smarter. People pay attention to that. When a website contains grammar errors, people will give it less consideration.
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I totally agree with you, jc. I think that when we make grammar mistakes...it ruins some of our credibility. We need to proofread.:)
Thanks for this. As English is not my first language, I'm always fighting with grammar while writing my content ;)
Thanks for this. I actually don't remember the rule of it's not needing an apostrophe when belonging to someone else. I will read the content.