Friday, December 2, 2011

The Most Common Mistakes in Writing


Fix these mistakes in your stories and improve the quality of your work.  Readers don’t like finding mistakes in stories and writing. 

It’s:  it is.  This is the ONLY way to use it’s.  Every other usage is its.

Their:  something belongs to them
They’re:  they are.
There:  a location

Your:  something belongs to you
You’re:  you are

Accept:  to receive something, to agree
Except:  to not include something, exclude

Could of, should of, would of:  all of these phrases are incorrect.
Could have, should have, would have:  these phrases are used correctly.

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