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You can have a great idea for a blog post, but if it is riddled with bad grammar, people will leave your site without reading the entire post. Content is king in blogging. Avoiding the common grammar mistakes, and brushing up on the lessons you learned in school, will help you to become a better writer and a more successful blogger.
Common Grammar Mistakes That Cost You Readers
I wouldn’t really classify myself as a Grammar Nazi, because I don’t troll social media correcting spelling and grammar in people’s statuses and comments. However, people who write for a living should know better. Many, many times I have started reading a new blog that I found via Pinterest, only to click away before finishing the first paragraph because it was full of spelling errors or using words incorrectly. Learning and applying a few basic rules will improve your writing and present a more professional voice to your readers (and sponsors). Check out these seven grammar mistakes that may be costing you readers right now!
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thank you for this! these grammar mistakes drive me crazy! people should learn propper grammar!
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Orly
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My husband calls me the grammar police because I correct him constantly. I am by no means perfect but I try to avoid grammar errors whenever possible. Reading a post full of misspelled words and misused words is not the best experience.
Awesome, I did not know about “anxious” verse “eager” Nice to learn something right before bed.
I know I’ve been guilty of that more than once, mostly typos when I’m tired or in a hurry. I am trying to do better.
Also, when you use terminology from the Holocaust and other terrible events incorrectly (ie, not like they were intended), it cheapens the disaster as if it didn’t really happen or that it wasn’t that serious.
Other than that, I completely agree! Grammar is a huge thing that I can definitely work on.
This is an awesome reminder:)
Grammar is such a pet-peeve of mine! I’m not perfect, but it irks me every time I read a post with terrible grammar. Thanks for the good reminders!
Thank you for this!! this has been saved for future reference!
Great topic. For me it’s not about the correctness of the grammar. The mistakes take people’s focus off the topic and onto the grammar. We don’t want that!
Thanks for the tips.
That’s such a great point! I’m not thinking about correcting the writer as much as I am being distracted and no longer interested in anything they have to say-even if it was something great! Then I’m missing out as well!
Thank you! I have to look up affect/effect every time… can’t keep ’em straight!
I think of it this way: affect causes effect.
(Not always, but it helps me remember most of the time.)
Thanks for bringing the awareness through this post and for encouraging us to be a lot more careful not to make grammar mistakes when writing. Cheers and do have a great day/week. 🙂