Ms Hogue's Classroom Blog

This page is for anyone who keeps making these simple, problematic errors. Learn this stuff!! It is not presented in any particular order.

1. A woman is one person. Women means two or more people.
2. Defiantly is not the same as definitely. Take the ‘ly’ off to see that the two words are different.
3. A collage is something you make by blending images, but college is a place you go to learn.
4. Know the difference between are and our.
5. A story is not the same as a book. A book may tell a story, but a story is not a book; it’s a story. It has to do with length.
6. Zipper is a noun. (My coat has a zipper). Zip is a verb. (I zip up my coat, she zips, they zipped). We do not say I can’t zipper this.
7. Italicize titles on the Web.
8. Don’t underline any text on the Web; your reader will think they’re seeing a hyperlink and be annoyed with you when they realize it’s not a link.
9. We NEVER write should of, would of, could of. It is always should have, would have, could have, or should’ve, would’ve, could’ve (avoid these clunky contractions, though).