What grammar mistakes do you make the most often?

Contributor: JennSenn JennSenn
I have dyslexia so I misspell things a lot. Plus, typos. Thank god for spellcheck! And punctuation and weird sentence structure are a problem for me too. Sometimes it's just so late at night I really don't care how weird my sentences get so long as there is hope someone might understand them. XD
12/17/2012
Contributor: Adriana Ravenlust Adriana Ravenlust
I make typos more than I do misspell. I am a good spelling but a lazy typist.
12/17/2012
Contributor: mp3me mp3me
Shit!!!!! Double negatives!!!!!!!!
12/17/2012
Contributor: Voir Voir
I abuse commas c:
12/18/2012
Contributor: Feisty Feisty
Misspelling.
12/18/2012
Contributor: Andrey2052 Andrey2052
I let my sentences run on without noticing.
12/24/2012
Contributor: Trysexual Trysexual
I actually pay attention to grammar and spelling. Habit I guess. If it's informal and I am being lazy I won't bother with apostrophes on words like don't (dont).
12/24/2012
Contributor: charmedtomeetyou charmedtomeetyou
I will double type or forget a word, usually as a result of editing but getting it wrong.....

I sometimes have comma issues...

12/24/2012
Contributor: Geogeo Geogeo
Quote:
Originally posted by Antipova
We're all creatures of habit... which means a lot of us repeat our mistakes. What grammar slip-ups do you know you're susceptible to? Are you trying to work on them?
I'm an editor so I don't really make mistakes. Though, if I'm lazy and typing like on forums I'll often not capitalize or put apostrophes out of laziness.
12/24/2012
Contributor: spiced spiced
I'm a lover, not a speller.

I'm pretty good with most grammar and spelling, but I'm never quite sure about punctuation.
12/28/2012
Contributor: Lildrummrgurl7 Lildrummrgurl7
I misspell a lot of words. Definitely is a hard word for me to spell. Convenient also gets me every time. I also tend to add apostrophes where they don't belong.
12/28/2012
Contributor: KinkyNicki92 KinkyNicki92
I end up lettin my sentences run on. I forget commas like nobodys business
12/28/2012
Contributor: AzealiaB AzealiaB
I don't make mistakes
12/28/2012
Contributor: travelnurse travelnurse
I have comma issues!
12/28/2012
Contributor: phoenixfire phoenixfire
Quote:
Originally posted by TheSinDoll
My downfall is effect and affect. Also, the semicolon.
There, I admitted it.

Don't judge me.
I notice that a lot of people have this problem. If it helps, affect is a verb and effect is a noun.
12/30/2012
Contributor: phoenixfire phoenixfire
I tend to ramble a bit. I also forget to put transitions in. This is not a problem when I am speaking, but my writing tends to read like my thinking. That is, it jumps around all over the place in a pattern which makes perfect sense to me, but which confuses my readers. My mentor is very good about reminding me to use transition phrases (though I haven't gotten in the habit of doing it yet.)
12/30/2012
Contributor: Apirka Apirka
I wouldn't really call it a grammatical error (maybe more like a Freudian Slip, heehee)... but when I want to type "ask" I always type "ass", and I type "lick" instead of "like", and also "Thrustday" instead of "Thursday". Hahaha, you have no idea how many times I had to re-type the "right" words
12/30/2012
Contributor: Mrs.Tee Mrs.Tee
Quote:
Originally posted by Antipova
We're all creatures of habit... which means a lot of us repeat our mistakes. What grammar slip-ups do you know you're susceptible to? Are you trying to work on them?
I usually misspell things, not that often because i ise spell check, but my sentences can sometimes be run on. I try to proofread everything I do before I submit it.
12/30/2012
Contributor: ImaGodiva ImaGodiva
I start sentences with 'and'! And 'although'! Although sometimes I start them with 'but'! But I also use others! So you can see I'm hopeless with the out-of-place coordinating conjunctions.

And ending every sentence with an exclamation mark can also be a problem for me sometimes!
12/30/2012
Contributor: table38792 table38792
Usually it's sentences being too long and not correctly linked or separated with commas and parenthesis. I make typos a lot too but they don't seem to be as prevalent as the run-on sentence issue.
12/30/2012
Contributor: Strider Strider
I'm awful at spelling and I try to write the way I talk, only cleaner. But sometimes I don't know how to punctuate the way I talk.
03/11/2013
Contributor: Gleb Gleb
I let my sentences run on without noticing.
03/11/2013