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2. Solecism - Wikipedia

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   Name Type of grammatical breach Example Catachresis: Wrong grammatical case "This is just between you and I" for "This is just between you and me" (hypercorrection to avoid the correct "you and me" form in the predicate of copulative sentences, even though "me" is the standard pronoun for the object of a preposition or the object of a verb).

3. Grammaticality - Wikipedia

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   Examples (17a-c) are structural violations, (17a) violates the Specified Subject Condition, and (17b-c) violate Subjacency, while (17d) is a grammatical control sentence. It was found that since the violations were structural in nature, participants with familial sinistrality were less sensitive to violations in such as the ones found(17a-c ...

4. Attraction (grammar) - Wikipedia

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   For example, in the following English sentence, the relative pronoun has the appropriate case, the accusative: This is the boss of the man whom I met yesterday. [7] The following erroneous sentence, on the other hand, has case attraction: This is the boss of the man whose I met yesterday.

5. 7 common grammar errors that make you look dumb - AOL

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   For example, "The news about the merger will affect everybody differently." 6. A lot and Alot. A lot means many. For example, "A lot of people applied for the new marketing position." Alot isn't a ...

6. Grammar mistakes that even the smartest people make - AOL

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   Check out these grammar and spelling flubs: 4) "Wet your appetite" If you spell that phrase like it's shown above, you're basically asking someone to spray you down with water.

7. Common English usage misconceptions - Wikipedia

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   Many usage forms are commonly perceived as nonstandard or errors despite being widely accepted or endorsed by authoritative descriptions. [2] Perceived violations of correct English usage elicit visceral reactions in many people. For example, respondents to a 1986 BBC poll were asked to submit "the three points of grammatical usage they most ...