Hello everyone, and welcome to week number three. The 11th secret to writing well is the topic, and i have been excited to share what i think it is!
The mistakes that come in writing are typically done with out the sense or knowledge of what the correct word or term is. One thing that most every human being that i know of has gotten caught on, is the difference between their there and they're. Knowing the difference between these similar words, can totally change the feeling and the meaning of the sentence. The word "their" is possessive and means it is someones personal item or thing. An example of this would be, "that is their puppy." The word there, means a place. A simple example of this would be, "your puppy is over there." The last of the words is they're, which essentially means "they are". An example of this would be "they're looking for the puppy." The 11th secret is something that a lot of people do not know, but like i showed, it completely changes how we read a sentence.
This week as I was going through out my daily life, i noticed a few grammar errors, in which urged me to jot them down so i could write them on this blog today. The first error was on my friends Instagram, and it said "I live the happyst life." This is very incorrect, because it should be spelt "happiest".
As i was at work i was reading through engineering proposals to get familiar with the material, and found many misplaced commas. There was a sentence that had excessive amounts of them. The sentence went a little something like this... "Mikki, an Engineer for our firm, has provided excellence in her skills, and has shown success, in many different ways, in which we think she would be the best fit, for the job.
What an awful paragraph, right? It makes you pause so many times for unnecessary reasons.
The last and final grammar error that I found this past week came from my own writing that I found when i was looking through old essays, to get information for a current class I am in. I caught myself putting multiple exclamation points, which made it seem like i was yelling at someone. In all reality I was not trying to yell or make it seem like i was yelling, but I just got really carried away with it.
I've also seem my share of poorly spelled and written resumes. It doesn't makes a good first impression. Then again, my first few blog articles had their share of grammar errors too. Well done on an insightful and engaging blog article.
ReplyDeleteI sympathize with your final grammar mistake. I used to use a lot of em-dashes and commas when I did not need them, and it would make my writing sound so choppy. Also, seeing exclamation points in essays gives me headaches!
ReplyDeleteI sympathize with your final grammar mistake. I used to use a lot of em-dashes and commas when I did not need them, and it would make my writing sound so choppy. Also, seeing exclamation points in essays gives me headaches!
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