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Title: Typical Grammar Mistakes That Make You Look Silly


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TYPICAL GRAMMAR THAT MAKE YOU LOOK SILLY
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  • We speak or write as a form of communication. We
    do this in order to express our thought, our
    feelings and emotion, as well as opinion. Through
    these form of communication, there are certain
    rules to abide by, yet sometimes it is to many to
    remember. So we listed some typical funny grammar
    mistakes often used and how to avoid them.

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YOURE and YOUR
  • This is one of the most commonly confused aspect
    of the English language. You can prevent this
    funny grammar mistakes if you can distinguish
    which is which.
  • YOURE short for you are, as in youre
    pretty
  • YOUR indicates possession something that
    belongs to you.

Your the best teacher ever
Youre the best teacher ever.
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FEWER AND LESS
  • Many people do not know the difference of these
    two words. Be sure to check grammar and
    punctuation when writing or speaking in english
    to avoid mistakes.
  • Fewer refers to things you can count
    individually.
  • Less refers to commodity e.g. water,sugar,sand

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TO and TOO
  • This two are also a common grammar mistakes.
    funny and silly to use them in the wrong way.
  • To is used in the infinitive form of a verb.
  • to walk
  • - it also means toward.
  • to Paris
  • Too means also or as well

To young to die, to fast to live.
Too young to die, too fast to live.
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THEN and THAN
  • Many are confused in using these words because
    they sound alike, but there is a simple
    distinction between them. To avoid error, there
    are online grammar checker you could use to help
    you.
  • THEN it is used when you talk about time
  • THAN it is used for comparison

Glenn is stronger then him. Glenn is
stronger than him.
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THEIR and THERE
  • Another homophones or two words that sound alike
    but with different meanings. Keep in mind the
    definition of each words. So that you can avoid
    embarrassing grammar mistakes.
  • Their refers to possession something belonging
    to them.
  • There refers to a place that is not here
  • --also used to state something (There are no
    cookies in the jar)

Look over their, do you see it?
Look over there, do you see it?
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IRREGULAR VERBS
  • Irregular verbs are common verbs that dont
    follow the simple system of adding d or ed to
    the end of the word to form the past tense. The
    complexity is that the spellings are usually
    changed but others do not. Theres a long list of
    irregular verbs, be sure to use them correctly.
  • There are so many rules in the English language,
    so always take time to check my grammar and
    punctuation if have second thoughts.

Have you cutted your hair?
have you cut your hair?
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MISUSE OF APOSTROPHES
  • Always remember that apostrophes are used to show
    possession. However, you do not use an apostrophe
    after a possessive pronoun such as my, mine, our,
    ours, his, hers, its, their, or theirs. Have a
    proper grammar checker whenever you are in doubt
    to refrain from embarrassment.
  • For one owner use apostrophe then s
  • The boys toy.
  • For more then one s then apostrophe
  • The boys toy

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LACK OF SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT
  • Bear in mind the rule in subject/verb agreement.
    If the subject is singular the verb must also be
    singular. And if the subject is plural the verb
    should also be plural.
  • Easy right? Now, correct the funny grammar
    mistakes examples on the right side of this slide.

The items is on the table. The pen are in my
bag.
The items are on the table. The pen is in my
bag.
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