Grammatical errors that bear mentioning again.
Some seem like common sense, however, writers continue to make the same mistakes. I’ve listed a few of them below:
- Mixing tense. This error is common.
- Using too many dialogue tags, e.g., he said, she said, particularly when only two people are speaking.
- Clichés—avoid them. You can program MS Word to catch them by using the Help menu.
- Eliminate the word, that, whenever you can. And don’t use “it” and “thing,” they’re too vague.
- It’s TV or television, but not T.V.
- ID or identification, but not I.D.
- These words at the beginning of a sentence do not require a comma:
- But
- And
- So
- Perhaps
- Yet
- These words do require a comma:
- However,
- Nonetheless,
- For example,
- For instance,
- British spellings are often different from American:
| British | American |
| Grey | Gray |
| Towards | Toward |
| Backwards | Backward |
| Colour | Color |
| Realize | realize |
John M. Wills 
Good information, thank you John.
Just got around to reading this very interesting post, John. Found a few things I needed to know. Thanks for the info.
We all need reminders now and then.