200 English Grammar Mistakes!: A Workbook of Common Grammar and Punctuation Errors with Examples, Exercises and Solutions So You Never Make Them Again

Do you constantly struggle with making simple, yet confusing grammatical errors in your writing? If so, then keep reading... If you’re like most of us, accidentally making grammatical errors – big and small – in our writing is inevitable. Whether it be in an academic piece of writing, or a simple little text message to your friend, making grammatical errors can be embarrassing and make your writing feel rushed and done with little to no care at all. With countless guides on how to properly write and speak, finding books that focus predominantly on common English grammar errors are few and far between. Introduction 7 Chapter 1: Foundational/Basic English Grammar Mistakes 12 Verbs 12 Adverbs 15 Adjectives 17 Conjunctions 19 Prepositions 23 Nouns 27 Pronouns 28 Interjections 31 Chapter Two: Grammar components and words 33 Abbreviations 33 Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs And Heteronyms 37 Chapter 3: Punctuation Marks 49 A plain text without punctuation 49 Period (.) 50 Exclamation (!) 52 Ellipsis (...) 52 Comma (,) 53 Colon (:) 57 Semicolon (;) 59 Quotation Marks (“”) 59 Apostrophe (’) 60 Hyphens (-) 62 Dash (–) 64 General MCQs on Punctuation marks: find the appropriate answer to the following. 64 Chapter 4: Sentence Structure and Composition 68 Present Tense 68 Past Tense 69 Future Tense 70 First Person 71 Second Person 72 Third Person....................................................................................................................... 73 Subject 74 Predicate 75 Direct Objects 76 Indirect Objects 77 Clauses 77 Run-Ons 79 Subordinators 80 Phrases 81 Noun/Verb Phrases 81 Prepositional/Absolute 83 Appositives 84 Introductions 85 Body Paragraphs 86 Conclusions 87 Thesis 88 Chapter 5: Spelling and Formatting 90 Common Spelling Mistakes . 90 Vowels 93 “I Before E” 95 Suffixes 97 Infixes 98 Prefixes 99 Contradictions 101 Writing/Saying Dates 102 Numbers 104 Times and Clocks 105 Chapter 6: Advanced Writing Mistakes 107 General Advanced Writing Mistakes................................................................................ 107 Not Defining the Goal of Your Writing 107 The Right Content For the Wrong Audience and Vice Versa 108 Fluff 108 Specific Advanced Writing Mistake 109 American and British English 109 Order of Adjectives 110 Further versus Farther 110 Clichés 111 Number Agreement 111 Feel Good versus Feel Well 112 Active Voice versus Passive Voices 113 Conclusion 115 References 116