Monday, April 9, 2007

10 Grammar Mistakes that Make you Look Stupid

Here are some of the ones I have been guilty of:

#8 Lay for lie
No: I got dizzy and had to lay down.
Yes: I got dizzy and had to lie down.
Yes: Just lay those books over there.


Its interesting that a lot of these are quite common in spoken expressions:
#7: Different than for different from

No: This setup is different than the one at the main office.
Yes: This setup is different from the one at the main office.
Yes: This setup is better than the one at the main office.


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Also, check out How to punctuate a sentence over at Lifehacker.