Hey all! Amber has been sending me this nifty little report from Grammarly that tells us our most commonly made mistakes. Although the report is not representative of all the contributed content (because not all of it goes through Grammarly), these mistakes are pretty common in all submitted post.
The three mistakes are:
The most common mistake that I see across all contributed content is the third one.
Here's an example of probably the most common offense.
A real estate agent knows their stuff.
See the problem here is that real estate agent is singular and their is plural. Therefore, they aren't in agreement.
The correct way to write that would be to say either:
Real estate agents know their stuff. (plural)
Or
A real estate agent knows his or her stuff. (singular)
It's an easy mistake to make because that's often how we speak. But now that it's been pointed out to you, I bet you'll start seeing it everywhere. I know I notice it even when people speak.
The three mistakes are:
- Confused preposition
- Incorrect use of comma
- Incorrect verb form with singular subject
The most common mistake that I see across all contributed content is the third one.
Here's an example of probably the most common offense.
A real estate agent knows their stuff.
See the problem here is that real estate agent is singular and their is plural. Therefore, they aren't in agreement.
The correct way to write that would be to say either:
Real estate agents know their stuff. (plural)
Or
A real estate agent knows his or her stuff. (singular)
It's an easy mistake to make because that's often how we speak. But now that it's been pointed out to you, I bet you'll start seeing it everywhere. I know I notice it even when people speak.