Ok, grammar isn't a terribly big issue MOST of the time. Sometimes you can have creative liberties when it comes to how you wish to write. However, there are instances where grammar is a major part of explaining yourself.
Think about this: the difference between "your" and "you're." Most people have no idea what the difference is! Do you? One is a pronoun while the other is a contraction of "you are." I see this mistake all too often on websites, in magazine articles, and (shock and horrors!) even in novels!
You would think that an editor would catch such a mistake, but believe it or not, they don't always. Some editors work late into the night and don't think totally straight the whole time they're working. So, the best advice would be to make sure you're doing the best grammatical writing YOU can do BEFORE submitting your draft or manuscript for editing.
I see this error most often when a writer is creating dialogue and one character says, "Thank you," to which comes the reply, "Your welcome." My thought is always MY WELCOME WHAT?? So please, catch this error in your writing. Especially if you're writing is for business letter or email. You can quickly learn Confident Grammar by clicking here!
The next major error is just simply one of phrase misplacement. Think of a sentence that reads as follows: the cat had a mouse which was in my neighbor's yard. Now, are we saying that the mouse was in my neighbor's yard, or are we saying the cat was in my neighbor's yard? This is what I mean when I say "phrase misplacement." If we are talking about the cat being in the yard, the sentence should read "The cat which was in my neighbor's yard had a mouse." We could leave the sentence the other way if we were talking about the mouse; however, there is an entirely better way to arrange that sentence if we were discussing the mouse. We'll get to that in another post, though.
So there are two of the most often made grammar mistakes that I have seen. Let me know in the comment of others that you have noticed! Remember, you can quickly learn Confident Grammar by clicking here!
Happy Writing!
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