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Most Common Writing Errors (view source)

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Here is a growing list of the most common writing errors:

*mismatch between a pronoun and its antecedent:
:*''Incorrect'': '''''Someone''' parked a car in the "no-parking zone" simply because '''they''' was too lazy to walk from a legitimate parking space.
:*''Correct'': '''''Someone''' parked a car in the "no-parking zone" simply because '''he''' was too lazy to walk from a legitimate parking space.

*ending a sentence with a preposition:
:*''Incorrect'': Whom are you going to the football game '''with'''?
:*''Correct'': '''With whom''' are you going to the football game?
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