Common Grammatical Mistakes (Personal Pet Peeves)

Prevalent Errors Involving Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (Including Homophones)

your ≠ you're

their ≠ they're ≠ there

more/most/least + [adjective] + -er/-est ≠ more/most/least + [adjective] OR [adjective] + -er/-est

much ≠ many

too ≠ to ≠ two

lay ≠ lie

could/should/would + of ≠ could've/should've/would've

its ≠ it's

a ≠ an

affect ≠ effect

whose ≠ who's

than ≠ then

lose ≠ loose

fewer ≠ less

accept ≠ except

good ≠ well

hear ≠ here

bare ≠ bear

lets ≠ let's

piece ≠ peace

compliment ≠ complement

peak ≠ peek

cents ≠ sense

[adjective] ≠ [adjective] + -ly

know ≠ no ≠ now

[pronoun] + me ≠ [pronoun] + I

is/was ≠ are/were

are ≠ our

brake ≠ break

hole ≠ whole

one ≠ won

aloud ≠ allowed

waist ≠ waste

fishes ≠ fish

-ies ≠ -y's

whether or not ≠ whether

threw ≠ through