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2. 7 common grammar errors that make you look dumb - AOL

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   Don't let a typo make you seem less intelligent. Here's a review of grammar rules many people are confused by or have just forgotten: More From Inc.com: 12 Things Emotionally Intelligent People ...

3. 21 common grammar mistakes and how to avoid them - AOL

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   8. Confusing 'nor' and 'or' Use "nor" before the second or farther of two alternatives when "neither" introduces the first. Think of it as "or" for negative sentences.

4. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...

5. Here are the top 10 grammar mistakes people make ... - AOL

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   Example: First of all we must make sure that the power is off. Correct: First of all, we must make sure that the power is off. 4. Missing a hyphen. Example: My 3 year old son. Correct: My 3-year ...

6. Linguistic prescription - Wikipedia

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   Linguistic prescription [a] is the establishment of rules defining publicly preferred usage of language, [1] [2] including rules of spelling, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, etc. Linguistic prescriptivism may aim to establish a standard language, teach what a particular society or sector of a society perceives as a correct or proper form, or advise on effective and stylistically apt ...

7. English usage controversies - Wikipedia

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   In the English language, there are grammatical constructions that many native speakers use unquestioningly yet certain writers call incorrect. Differences of usage or opinion may stem from differences between formal and informal speech and other matters of register, differences among dialects (whether regional, class-based, generational, or other), difference between the social norms of spoken ...