{"id":4772,"date":"2024-05-27T23:51:36","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T03:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/common-writing-errors\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T03:35:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T08:35:50","slug":"common-writing-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/common-writing-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Common writing errors in english"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Learning to properly write a language can be a challenge for students, even if the language is your \u2018mother tongue\u2019. There are many exceptions to consider and rules to internalize to write successfully.<\/p>

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Some homophones can cause problems because the words have the same sound. One example<\/p>

  • Your<\/em>\u00a0is a term to refer to possession \u2013 \u201cYour<\/em>\u00a0boots look warm\u201d.<\/li>
  • You\u2019re<\/em>\u00a0is the contracted form of \u201cyou are\u201d \u2013 \u201cYou\u2019re<\/em>\u201d<\/li><\/ul>

    is\u00a0your\u00a0<\/em>vs.\u00a0you\u2019re<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Learning to properly write a language can be a challenge for students, even if the language is your \u2018mother tongue\u2019. There are many exceptions to consider and rules to internalize to write successfully.<\/p>

    Some homophones can cause problems because the words have the same sound. One example<\/p>

    • Your<\/em>\u00a0is a term to refer to possession \u2013 \u201cYour<\/em>\u00a0boots look warm\u201d.<\/li>
    • You\u2019re<\/em>\u00a0is the contracted form of \u201cyou are\u201d \u2013 \u201cYou\u2019re<\/em>\u201d<\/li><\/ul>

      is\u00a0your\u00a0<\/em>vs.\u00a0you\u2019re<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Students often confuse these and use them incorrectly. For example: \u201cYour tall.<\/span>\u201d (incorrect), rather than \u201cYou\u2019re tall.<\/span>\u201d (correct).<\/p>

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      Other homophones that cause confusion are\u00a0their<\/em>,\u00a0they\u2019re<\/em>, and\u00a0there<\/em>.<\/p>

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      • Their<\/em>\u00a0is a term to refer to possession \u2013 \u201cTheir<\/em>\u00a0house is nearby.\u201d<\/li>
      • They\u2019re is the contracted form of \u201cthey are<\/em>\u201d \u2013 \u201cThey\u2019re<\/em>\u201d<\/li>
      • There refers to location \u2013 \u201cIs he hiding over here or over\u00a0there<\/em>?\u201d<\/li><\/ul>

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        In this case, we have three homophones that all share the same sound but are written and used very differently.<\/p>

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        Yet another area of difficulty is identifying the difference between\u00a0adverbs<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0adjectives<\/em>. Students commonly confuse these and use them interchangeably. The function of adverbs and adjectives is similar \u2013 to modify or describe other words in a sentence. However they are\u00a0\u00a0to be<\/span>\u00a0used under different conditions.<\/p>

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        • Adverbs<\/em>\u00a0are usually used to modify verbs \u2013 \u2018Anna waited\u00a0anxiously<\/em>\u00a0at the dentist\u2019s office.\u2019 Here, \u201canxiously<\/em>\u201d tells us more about HOW Anna waited for her appointment with the dentist. It is modifying the verb \u201cwaited\u201d.<\/li>
        • Adjectives<\/em>\u00a0are usually used to modify nouns \u2013 \u201cDavid parked his\u00a0white<\/em>\u201d Here, \u201cwhite<\/em>\u201d tells us more about David\u2019s car. It is modifying the noun \u201ccar\u201d.<\/li><\/ul>

          At times, students will use an adjective when they should be using an adverb. For example:<\/p>

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          X<\/span>\u00a0\u201cI was running late so I cleaned up\u00a0quick<\/em>.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>

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          V\u00a0<\/span>\u201cI was running late so I cleaned up\u00a0quickly<\/em><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>

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          \u201cQuick<\/em>\u201d is an adjective while \u201cquickly<\/em>\u201d is an adverb.<\/p>

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          As with most things, practice makes perfect. Students may need to work on these repeatedly to be able to distinguish between them and use them correctly. The more comfortable students become with these and other tricky writing rules, the less mistakes they will make in their writing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Learning to properly write a language can be a challenge for students, even if the language is your \u2018mother tongue\u2019. There are many exceptions to consider and rules to internalize to write successfully. \u00a0 Some homophones can cause problems because the words have the same sound. One example Your\u00a0is a term to refer to possession […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-astuces-dapprentissage","category-ecriture"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4772"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5008,"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4772\/revisions\/5008"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tuteurcps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}