The mistakes most often seen in exams and everyday writing - and how to avoid them. · about 15 minutes
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What is it? Some mistakes appear again and again in exam papers, emails and essays. This lesson collects the most common ones: confusable words (its/it's, affect/effect, who/whom), and structural errors (double negatives, comma splices, wrong tense after since/for, me/I after prepositions).
Why does it matter? Spotting these errors in your own writing - and fixing them - is the fastest way to move from good to excellent English.
Where do we use it? "Between you and me, ..." "Fewer mistakes" "I don't have any money." "Whom did you meet?"
In this lesson you will:
