Errors in English and ways to correct them

acceptable adjective adverb Adverbial clause antecedent apostrophe avoided in standard cliche co-ordinating Commas to enclose Commas to separate complete compound conjunction considered colloquial consonant construction Correct Spelling Dangling modifier dash Deadwood Deductive reasoning dependent clause dialectal dictionary effective elliptical clause English language errors example exclamation point Faulty figure of speech former means frequently gerund grammar group of words Guide to Correct hyphen ideas idiom idiomatic implies indicate infinitive language letters linking verb mark of punctuation misspelled modifies nonrestrictive noun clause noun or pronoun object omitted one's overused parentheses past tense period Periodic sentence person plural predicate prefixes preposition pronunciation question mark quotation marks refers rule semicolon sense sentence elements sentence structure simple singular slang sound speakers speaking standard English statement subordination suffixes syllable tence term thought tion trite expression usage usually verb phrase vowels word means word order words ending wordy