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Grammar Rules: Avoid These Common Errors

This document lists and briefly explains 5 common grammatical mistakes made by English speakers: 1) Subject-verb agreement errors when using verbs with subjects. 2) Incorrect use of possessive nouns. 3) Errors in comparing adjectives by adding "er" or "more". 4) Punctuation mistakes especially with semicolons and commas. 5) Forming incorrect plural forms of singular nouns. The list provides examples of each error and notes that each topic is covered in more depth in other sections.

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Grammar Rules: Avoid These Common Errors

This document lists and briefly explains 5 common grammatical mistakes made by English speakers: 1) Subject-verb agreement errors when using verbs with subjects. 2) Incorrect use of possessive nouns. 3) Errors in comparing adjectives by adding "er" or "more". 4) Punctuation mistakes especially with semicolons and commas. 5) Forming incorrect plural forms of singular nouns. The list provides examples of each error and notes that each topic is covered in more depth in other sections.

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Grammar Rules: Avoid these common errors

Here is a list of 5 of the most common grammatical mistakes that are made by English speakers/writers. This list is merely a quick glance; these matters are dealt with in detail as well, in appropriate sections.

1. Subject Verb Agreement: Learners often get confused with using the appropriate form of the verb with the subject of the
sentence. For example, I live in India and He lives in India is the correct subject verb agreement of the verb to live.

2. Possessive Nouns: Non-native speakers of the English are unsure about showing possession while writing or speaking in
English. For example, The book belonging to the girl can also be referred to as The girls book

3. Comparison of adjectives: We add er to compare short adjectives and we add more for longer adjectives like
handsome and intelligent.

4. Punctuation mistakes: Punctuation errors, too, are very common, especially in the use of semicolons and commas. 5. Singular and Plural: Many new learners make mistakes in forming the plural form of singular nouns.

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