English

20 Errors to Avoid when Writing.
1. No comma after introductory element
|Example: |After we watched the movie we went over to the pizza joint for a bite to eat. |
|Correction:|After we watched the movie, we went over to the pizza joint for a bite to eat. |

2. Vague pronoun reference
|Example: |John Smith reported the problem to Bob Adams, and he correctedit immediately. |
|Correction: |John Smith reported the problem to Bob Adams, and Adams corrected it immediately. |
| |OR|
| |John Smith reported the problem to Bob Adams, and Smith corrected it immediately.|

3. No comma in compound sentence
|Example: |John Smith reported the problem to Bob Adams and Adams corrected it immediately. |
|Correction: |John Smith reported theproblem to Bob Adams, and Adams corrected it immediately. |

4. Wrong word
|Example: |Building a new fiber optic network will take less dollars then originally suspected.|
|Correction: |Building a new fiber optic network will take fewer dollars than originally suspected. |

5. No comma in nonrestrictive element
|Example: |Contemporaryanimal rights groups who are using the same strategies that the civil rights movement developed in the |
| |1960s find that non-violent civil disobedience is effectively drawingattention to their cause. |
|Correction: |Contemporary animal rights groups, who are using the same strategies that the civil rights movement developed in the |
| |1960s,find that non-violent civil disobedience is effectively drawing attention to their cause. |

6. Wrong or missing inflected endings
|Example: |Teacher representatives in...