Without further ado, let’s look at the next set of mistakes.<\/span><\/p>\n The most common blunder people make is confusing me with I and using them at wrong places. <\/span><\/p>\n Correct:<\/span><\/i> Jenny and I joined the chess club.<\/span><\/p>\n Incorrect:<\/span><\/i> Jenny and me joined the chess club.<\/span><\/p>\n Correct:<\/span><\/i> Jill took Justin and me to the shop.<\/span><\/p>\n Incorrect:<\/span><\/i> Jill took Justin and I to the shop.<\/span><\/p>\n No, these words can’t be used interchangeably! Here’s how you need to get yourself right with these pronouns:<\/span><\/p>\n Example:<\/b> Aman and I went for a movie.<\/span><\/p>\n Example:<\/b> The dog followed me.<\/span><\/p>\n HINT:<\/b> If you\u2019re having trouble deciding which one to use in a particular sentence with two subjects or objects linked with \u2018and,\u2019 take out the other subject or object. (<\/span>Example: <\/b>Me joined the chess club or Jill took I to the shop)<\/span><\/p>\n According to the training we receive in <\/span>Spacebar, the firm that believes in quality content writing services<\/span><\/a>, there are three types of people who use semicolons in their writing:<\/span><\/p>\n #1: Those who hardly know the meaning of this punctuation mark and highly refrain from using it.<\/span><\/p>\n #2: Those who slightly understand what it means, but believe in using it religiously.<\/span><\/p>\n #3: Those who know exactly what a semicolon is meant for and use it just the way it is intended to be.<\/span><\/p>\n Sadly, the number of people belonging to type #2 is very high. <\/span><\/p>\n Don’t fret if you, too, fall under type #2. Just understand that semicolons are used to connect two independent clauses that could stand on their own but have a connecting thread. It gives the reader less pause between two thoughts than a period and more pause than a comma.<\/span><\/p>\n Example:<\/b><\/p>\n Correct:<\/span><\/i> I ate spaghetti for dinner last night; I will have tacos tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n Incorrect: <\/span><\/i>I had spaghetti for dinner last night; tacos tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n Incorrect:<\/span><\/i> I had spaghetti for dinner tonight; see you at work tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n Ohh, my bad!<\/p><\/div>\n Image source:\u00a0https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/26hirThH4g9KmZ5gk\/source.gif<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Another dashing mistake that most people make is confusing en dash and em dash. “-” is the shorter en dash, and “\u2014” or “–” are both longer and versions of the em dash.<\/span><\/p>\n Just remember,<\/span><\/p>\n Follow (and memorise maybe) the simple thumb rule, \u201cwho\u201d refers to the subject of a sentence; \u201cwhom\u201d refers to the object. Whom is usually used to describe someone who’s receiving something.<\/span><\/p>\n Example:<\/b><\/p>\n Who do you think stole my cap?<\/span><\/p>\n Whom did we hire to join the podcast team?<\/span><\/p>\n Well, this one’s simple! Use fewer with countable nouns; use less with uncountable nouns.<\/span><\/p>\n Example:<\/b><\/p>\n Cookie Monster was told to eat fewer cookies.<\/span><\/p>\n Cookie Monster was told to drink less milk.<\/span><\/p>\n Less is also used with numbers when they are on their own and with expressions of measurement or time.<\/span><\/p>\n Example:<\/b><\/p>\n Their marriage lasted less than two years.<\/span><\/p>\n How lucky of me to know this!<\/p><\/div>\n Image source:\u00a0https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/l0MYPMcmggsy7i51e\/source.gif<\/a><\/p>\n By parallelism, I mean that the words following both parts of this correlative conjunction (i.e., not only and but also) should belong to the same parts of speech. So if a verb follows \u2018not only,\u2019 another verb SHOULD follow \u2018but also\u2019 as well.<\/span><\/p>\n Example:<\/b><\/p>\n Correct:<\/span><\/i> She\u2019s not only beautiful but also very smart. (beautiful and smart both are adjectives)<\/span><\/p>\n Incorrect:<\/span><\/i> She\u2019s not only beautiful but also a singer. (beautiful is an adjective, and a singer is a noun)<\/span><\/p>\n Correct:<\/span><\/i> She\u2019s not only a model but also a singer.<\/span><\/p>\n NOTE: <\/b>You shouldn’t use a comma with not only…but also, unless you want to show emphasis on the second part of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n Example:<\/b><\/p>\n When writing, Diana considers not only her topic, but also her audience.<\/span><\/p>\n Writers providing various content writing services come across this issue when they run their articles through <\/span>various grammar checking tools<\/span><\/a>. The name itself sounds like a dramatic situation! This mistake happens when a descriptive phrase doesn’t apply to the noun that immediately follows it. <\/span><\/p>\n So, either name the appropriate or logical doer of the action as the subject of the main clause or change the phrase that dangles into a complete introductory clause. Or simply leave your readers confused!<\/span><\/p>\n Example:<\/b><\/p>\n Correct:<\/span><\/i> After reading the original study, I find the article unconvincing.<\/span><\/p>\n Incorrect:<\/span><\/i> After reading the original study, the article remains unconvincing.<\/span><\/p>\n Correct:<\/span><\/i> Because Suzie did not know his name, it was difficult to introduce him.<\/span><\/p>\n Incorrect:<\/span><\/i> Without knowing his name, it was difficult to introduce him.<\/span><\/p>\n Promise!<\/p><\/div>\n Image source:\u00a0https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/l41YqKTI3pFKuI9CE\/giphy.gif<\/a><\/p>\n1. Me or I?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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2. Saddening Semicolons<\/span><\/h2>\n
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3. Dash Dilemma<\/span><\/h2>\n
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4. Who or Whom?<\/span><\/h2>\n
5. Less or Fewer Errors?<\/span><\/h2>\n
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6. Non-parallel Not Only… But Also<\/span><\/h2>\n
7. Dangling Modifiers, Duh!<\/span><\/h2>\n
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