Top Grammar Mistakes that are Hard to Avoid - WritersLife.org

Top Grammar Mistakes that are Hard to Avoid - WritersLife.org   Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit  Where to follow and listen to WritersLife.org:    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writerslifeorg/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writerslife.org/     Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/writerslifeorg    Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/writerslifeorg/    Google +: http://www.WritersLife.org/googleplus     Website: http://www.WritersLife.org   Products: http://www.WritersLife.org/shop    Podcast: http://writerslife.org/podcast    Join Our Team: http://writerslife.org/contribute/    Advertise your book and.or writing  https://www.facebook.com/WritersLifeAdvertisingPlatform/?ref=br_rs   Thank you for listening Please Share it. We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel:  https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to  http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello its Peter here again from writers life and coming up today the top grammar mistakes those are hard to avoid grammar is a tricky Beast there are so many different rules to follow and elements to remember that often when you start to focus on correcting your grammar you can begin to question everything that you want new words that you are confident you knew how to spell look foreign apostrophes misplaced and don't let me start on the dreaded comma one of the most important parts of being a writer is understanding how to present a piece of work be it an article for a newspaper or magazine publication or your finish novel to a publishing house ensuring your work is error-free is a challenge and let's face it we are all human however if you can keep an eye out for the most common grammar mistakes and make sure you don't fall into their trap then you have a good chance of preventing dramatical errors from happening see if any of these resonate with you first there vs. there vs. there it can be so easy to get this wrong particularly if you're rushing through a piece of work to meet the deadline there is a shortened version of they are while there refers to something owned by a group their house friends there is a place an example it's over there pretty basic stuff you might think but it's so easy to get in a muddle and crucial to understand the difference between the three and to check your work thoroughly to make sure you haven't misplaced one next incomplete comparisons if you've ever used a grammar checker you're likely to see this one coming up a lot if you compare something it needs to be clear what you are comparing it with this one is better for example is an incomplete comparison because we don't know what it is better than next passive voice another easy mistake to make is using the passive voice you use a passive voice when you put the objects in the sentence at the beginning rather than at the end the passive voice is easy to do and difficult to correct but watch out for it as using it means sentence construction lacks clarity and your writing is less tight and engaging number for me and I people often assume that using I is the correct / lighter more refined language in every situation but that isn't always the case have a listen to the following when you are finished with the examination you can send the note to sue and I does that sound right to you well it isn't if you remove sue from this scene and just asked for the notes yourself you wouldn't write or indeed say can you send the notes too I would you you can send the notes to me I think that sounds more natural doesn't this is a handy way to use me or I if you're ever unclear but finally ie versus eg this is a complex rule to remember but very useful to know particularly when writing articles or query lenses these two terms are not interchangeable and in fact mean two entirely different things ie is loosely translated as in other words or in essence while eg comes from the Latin example I gratis and means example given if you think about it this way you only use ie if tried to clarify your point when an actual example should follow if you use in eg these five examples are some of the most common grammatical mistakes people make and sure you look out for these when checking your writing and this will give you the best chance of sending in an error-free piece of work and don't forget if he struggling to write or finish your book our free writers toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination get organized stay focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it for now be sure to give us a thumbs up and subscribe for our channel for more my name is Peter and I'll see you next time bye for now you