common grammar mistakes in English
1. homonyms - WORDS THAT SOUND THE SAME, BUT ARE SPELLED DIFFERENTLY
i) there - e.g., (exempla gratia)
for example
The dog is there.
There is the dog.
ii) they're - contraction for "they are"
e.g. They're not coming.
They're late.
iii) their - possessive pronoun
- "belonging to them"
That is their car.
2) Bob's dog is big.
Charles' dog is big.
The dog's hair is wet.
Their two dogs' fur is wet.
3) your - something belonging to you (possessive)
Snoopy is your dog.
you're - contraction for "you are"
You're stupid. You're smart.
4) it's - contraction for "it is"
It's raining.
its - possessive
The cat rubbed its ears.
5) then / than
5 is greater than 4.
4 is less than 5.
Canada was the best in hockey in the 1950s,
then it fell behind Russia.
6) two - 2 123
He has 2 dogs.
too = also
He has a cat, too.
to
He sent his cat to the moon.
7) accept / except
I accept this award.
He accepted the criticism.
I ate everything except the pie.
I didn't eat pie.
Except for Canada, nobody criticized it.
