- 10 Flagrant Grammar Mistakes that Make You Look Stupid
1. Loose for lose
2. It's for its (or god forbid, its')
3. They're for their for there
4. i.e. for e.g
5. Effect for affect
6. You're for your
7. Different than for different from
8. Lay for lie
9. Then for than
10. Could of, would of for could have, would have - Common Errors in English
It's aimed at the most common errors of native speakers. The errors others make in English differ according to the characteristics of their first languages. - Common Mistakes and Tricky Word Choices
Sometimes we need to make word choices. Sometimes we misuse words or phrases in standard English. This list includes many of the most common problems. - Ten Serious Grammar Mistakes
1. Stop runaway sentences
2. "However" needs a cap and a comma
3. Get itsy bitsy "its" correct
4. Put apostrophes in their place
5. Trap the wandering "only"
6. Me me me, not I myself
7. Items on a list must be a matching set
8. Each and every one is singular
9. Get tricky subjects to agree with their verbs
10. Make sure your starter phrase refers to the very next word - Spelling: Common Words that Sound Alike
Many words sound alike but mean different things when put into writing. The list will help you distinguish between some of the more common words that sound alike. - Pictures: School Dean Sends Home Letter to Students Filled with Spelling Errors and Glad that English not offered at this tuition centre (See picture below).
- Common Spelling Errors
The World Wide Web is crammed with useful information, but marred by occasional spelling errors. - 100 Most Often Misspelled Words In English
There are the 100 words most often misspelled ('misspell' is one of them). Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you to remember how to spell the word. Master the orthography of the words on that page and reduce the time you spend searching dictionaries by 50%. - 10 Most Misspelled Words in Blogs
The reason you should review this list is because a spell checker won’t correct these for you. - 40+ Tips to Improve your Grammar and Punctuation
Great list compiled from Purdue University online writing lab.
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Monday, April 30, 2007
Ultimate English Grammar and Spelling Guides
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives
Comparatives and superlatives are used to express degrees of comparison. We form adjective in comparative form to compare two similar things. Superlatives are used to show the greatest degree of a quality or quantity among three or more people or things.
Comparatives are formed by adding the suffix –er or the preceding word ‘more’. Superlatives are formed by adding the suffix –est or the preceding word ‘most’. The correct comparative and superlative forms of an adjective depend on the number of syllable of the adjective.
For adjective that has one syllable, we add the suffix –er to form comparative and suffix –est to form superlative. E.g. taller, tallest; bigger, biggest; larger, largest. For adjective that has more than one syllable, we add the preceding word ‘more’ to form comparative and ‘most’ to form superlative. E.g. more precise, most precise; more peaceful, most peaceful; more beautiful, most beautiful.
Please take note that two-syllable adjectives ending with –y, -er, -le or –ow will use the suffix –er or suffix –est form to form comparative or superlative. E.g. prettier, prettiest; gentler, gentlest; narrower, narrowest. Adding ‘more’ or ‘most’ to two-syllable adjectives to form comparative or superlative, however, is getting common and gaining ground in modern English. E.g. more pretty, most pretty; more gentle, most gentle; more narrow, most narrow.
There are certain adjectives that have irregular forms of comparatives and superlatives. In other words, these adjectives do not follow the rules mentioned in the previous two paragraphs. E.g. good, better, best; bad, worse, worst; far, farther, farthest; little, less, least; many, more, most.
When using comparative adjective in a sentence, we add the word ‘than’ immediately after the adjective. E.g. Sabrina is smarter than Shakira. When using superlative adjective in a sentence, we add the word ‘the’ before the adjective. E.g. Sally is the smartest student at our school.
Comparatives are formed by adding the suffix –er or the preceding word ‘more’. Superlatives are formed by adding the suffix –est or the preceding word ‘most’. The correct comparative and superlative forms of an adjective depend on the number of syllable of the adjective.
For adjective that has one syllable, we add the suffix –er to form comparative and suffix –est to form superlative. E.g. taller, tallest; bigger, biggest; larger, largest. For adjective that has more than one syllable, we add the preceding word ‘more’ to form comparative and ‘most’ to form superlative. E.g. more precise, most precise; more peaceful, most peaceful; more beautiful, most beautiful.
Please take note that two-syllable adjectives ending with –y, -er, -le or –ow will use the suffix –er or suffix –est form to form comparative or superlative. E.g. prettier, prettiest; gentler, gentlest; narrower, narrowest. Adding ‘more’ or ‘most’ to two-syllable adjectives to form comparative or superlative, however, is getting common and gaining ground in modern English. E.g. more pretty, most pretty; more gentle, most gentle; more narrow, most narrow.
There are certain adjectives that have irregular forms of comparatives and superlatives. In other words, these adjectives do not follow the rules mentioned in the previous two paragraphs. E.g. good, better, best; bad, worse, worst; far, farther, farthest; little, less, least; many, more, most.
When using comparative adjective in a sentence, we add the word ‘than’ immediately after the adjective. E.g. Sabrina is smarter than Shakira. When using superlative adjective in a sentence, we add the word ‘the’ before the adjective. E.g. Sally is the smartest student at our school.