7 Common Grammar Mistakes to Avoid When You Write - Authorlink

by John Peterson
Guest columnist

Do You Make These 7 Common Grammar Mistakes When You Write?

You could go through years of education and somehow still struggle to understand some basics across different subjects. In writing, for instance, there are many common grammar mistakes that people make that they don’t realize, but it takes from their credibility.

Writing isn’t easy. Sometimes, certain phrases and sentences may sound perfect in your head until you write them down and it turns out to be gibberish. These are easily correctable grammar mistakes. Some grammar mistakes are hardly noticeable when you write and slip by you, especially if you’re self-editing your content. However, surprisingly, the readers easily notice these mistakes, and they don’t help your reputation as a writer.

There are many common grammar mistakes in this mold, but we’ll be pointing out seven of them in this article.

1. Improper use of the apostrophe

There are two prominent use cases for apostrophes: to show possession and for contractions. For example:

• I love Frank’s dog.
• I don’t like hamburgers.

These are the only two ways to use an apostrophe. However, if you ever have doubts about using one, it’s better to leave it out altogether. You’ll cause less confusion when you don’t use it at all than putting it where it doesn’t belong.

It’s also easy to assume that leaving out an apostrophe is a typo error, so you have an excuse, but there’s no excuse for putting an apostrophe where it shouldn’t be.

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