Top 20 Grammar Mistakes in Journalism (Infographic)

 

Not only for journalists, this infographic is a must-read for anyone writing on a daily basis. It highlights the most common mistakes, what readers are put off by, consequences of grammatical mistakes in publications, and includes tips on how to make your writing better.

The 2014 Grammar Guide: 120 Grammar and vocabulary Mistakes to Avoid

This book is aimed at students who wish to improve the quality of their sentences.

It is compiled for the use at school or at home.

Category mistakes are sentences such as "Green ideas sleep furiously," "Saturday is in bed," and "The theory of relativity is eating breakfast." Such sentences strike most speakers as highly infelicitous but it is a challenge to explain precisely why they are so. Ofra Magidor addresses this challenge, while providing a comprehensive discussion of the various treatments of category mistakes in both philosophy and linguistics.

Frequent Mistakes

A useful guide shows frequent errors and their corrections.

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Meet Beatrice Bottomwell: a nine-year-old girl who has never (not once!) made a mistake. She never forgets her math homework, she never wears mismatched socks, and she ALWAYS wins the yearly talent show at school. In fact, Beatrice holds the record of perfection in her hometown, where she is known as The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes. Life for Beatrice is sailing along pretty smoothly until she does the unthinkable–she makes her first mistake. And in a very public way!