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Maybe a list of common errors in English usage would be more useful if it were a manageable list. How about the 20 most common errors in usage. I'd bet (but sur
by pigbucket 16y ago
Maybe a list of common errors in English usage would be more useful if it were a manageable list. How about the 20 most common errors in usage. I'd bet (but surely there are some studies on this) that the following would appear near or close to the top of the list:
it's for its; there for their; alright for all right; 'the reason is because', for 'the reason is that'; dangling modifiers; missing or unclear pronominal antecedents; and subject/verb agreement.
- Terretta 16y agoLoose vs. lose comes up far too often here. Also: http://www.uta.edu/owl/top20.htm http://www.uta.edu/owl/top20.htm
- wyclif 16y agoI also notice a lot of "eke vs. eek" here. Turns out there's this property called onomatopoeia that escapes many people.
- auxbuss 16y agoThis one too is common: http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/couple.html http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/couple.html From the outside it seems to be a US, West coast affection.
- hugh3 16y agoYeah, that's more "slang dialect" than "error". Also, did you mean "affectation"?
- jamesbritt 16y agoMixing up "less" and "fewer" is quite common here as well.
- yread 16y agoalso then for than
- gizmomagico 16y agoUmm.. What about then/than? That seems to be the most common mistake.