ELEMENTS OF GRAMMAR AND STYLE GUIDE

 

 

 

 

No No’s/Avoid Usage Of:

you (except in a quote)                           I think/I feel/I believe

there (as an expletive)                            needless to say

it (as an expletive)                                   in summary

a lot (or any form thereof)                                gonna

this (as a pronoun, unless the                         due to the fact that

       antecedent is clear or named)

kind of/sort of/type of                                       one (unless as a number)

in conclusion                                           obviously

in my opinion                                           really, little, simply, somewhat

totally, very                                              thing

get, getting                                              go, going, gone, went

 

 

Learn the difference in these constructions:

like/as if                                           lose/loss/loose

then/than                                         along/alone

it’s/its                                                       threw/through/thorough

no/know                                           from/than

to/too/two                                         bring/take

their/there/they’re                                    here/hear

whose/who’s                                            principal/principle

by/buy                                                     wonder/wander                       

past/passed                                             except/accept

conscience/conscious                                     affect/effect