Major Grammar Errors
• Errors with verbs
– Faulty agreement
• The family often sing the praises of education.
• Everyone in both businesses think it a good idea.
– Subjunctive [untrue if or wish]
• If I was rich, I would travel the world.
• Darla wishes she was an empress.
• Errors with verbs
– Tense Shift
• Luke doesn’t eat breakfast, so he felt 2 desserts will
make up for it.
– Split Infinitive
• Not terribly worried about this 
– Double Negatives
• I didn’t not want to see Monica.
– Passive Voice
• Many people have been instructed by medical
personnel that vitamins have been proven to help
fight certain cancers.
• Errors with Nouns
– Faulty Agreement
• Everyone in the class hates it when they get a bad
grade.
– Vague Reference
• When Dave saw Bill, he was kissing Sally.
– Pronoun Shift
• I don’t like messy foods you eat with your fingers.
– Incorrect Case
• Bill didn’t give the book to Sally or I.
• Mary likes fish better than me.
• Errors with Adverbs and Adjectives
– Incorrect Usage
• Although he lies good, I’m not convinced.
– Faulty Comparison
• Mary is more lovely than Sharon.
• Of the three sister, Donna is the most cruel.
• Errors in Modifying Phrases
– Dangling Modifiers
• Shutting the door quickly, the house rocked with the
sudden bang.
• Lighting the Pipe, the smoke rose slowly to the
ceiling.
– Misplaced Modifiers
• Mary rode the pony in the pink skirt.
• The policeman chased the criminal in the squad car.