Common+Mistakes

One common mistake I use in my writing is awhile/a while. I usually use awhile. It is gramatically correct to use a while because you are describing time after the use of "of." For example, "We went swimming for awhile," would be considered incorrect. "We went swimming for a while," is correct. This could be remembered by separating the words into syllables. By separating the sound "a" you can remember to separate the whole word itself.

Another mistake I make is alright/all right. It is correct to use all right. The word, alright, is an abbreviation for writing all right. For example, "It's alright," is incorrect. "It's all right," is correct. By thinking of alright as two words, you can make it correct. All and right are separate words. Therefore, they are to be separated in english.

Sometimes I make the mistake of except/accept. Accept means to take, as it to accept an offering. Except is used when discluding something, as in all of the people, except Erik. I could remember this by thinking of being accepted to a college because I got "A's." This will help me remember because accept starts with a.

Another mistake I make is accurate/precise. Accurate is used when it is close to exact. Precise is only used when something is considered to be spot on. I learned which one to use and which one to not use when talking and writing.

Ahold/hold is a mistake because ahold is commonly used and get hold is the correct way to use it. To remember this, I will just have to make sure that I leave the a out.

Part 2:

When looking at Janson's journal, I found that he makes the mistake ahold. Ahold is incorrect. whereas a hold is correct. You have to separate the two words. I learned that ahold isn't a word and learned that I haven't been corrected when using it in my past writings.

I looked at Dan's and saw that he made the mistake beside/besides. I learned that beside is used in the context of "beside me" and besides is used in the context of "Besides me, Janson and Haley were at the concert."

While looking at Savannah's, I found that she makes the mistake of try to/try and. It is incorrect to use try and and you can only use try to. It is incorrect to follow try and with a verb.

In Christian's I found that it is a mistake to use anyone when you are talking about not including something. For example, "He didn't eat anyone of my pancakes," is incorrect.

When looking at KT's, I found that she makes the mistake farther/further mistake. Farther refers to distance and further refers to quantiProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 oxy-Connection: keep-alive