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Common mistakes in Punctuation

Browse common English mistakes in the Punctuation category and learn how to avoid them in writing and speaking.

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no comma before indirect question

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Enumerations with dashes: 1.2.-

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Missing hyphen: face first (face-first)

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She turned 25 year (years) old.

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Comma after by default at the beginning of a sentence.

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No comma before 'which'

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Missing space after closing quote

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out of the way (out-of-the-way) etc.

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out of place (out-of-place) etc.

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state of the art (state-of-the-art)

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for heaven's sake

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Loose punctuation mark

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Missing comma after weekday

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Missing comma between day of month and year

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Comma after a month

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Missing comma 'first come first serve'

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Comma in 'Me myself and I'

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Comma after 'for god's sake

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Comma after 'Oh my god'

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Comma after 'go for it'

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Comma in 'act 2 scene 5'

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redundant punctuation

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Happy Birthday (,) Peter

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Great(,) that is ...

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Great(,) please ...

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I(,) for one(,) think

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Comma in 'oh oh'

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comma between 'then' and 'when'

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Hyphen, n-dash and m-dash

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Missing hyphens in compounds

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Missing hyphens in '5 year old'

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Commas after conjunctive/linking adverbs in front of a new sentence.

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Missing comma before 'and, or, nor, yet, so, but' (incomplete)

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space in 'o´clock'

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abbreviations with spaces in between (e. g.)

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Wrong space/comma in numbers

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Missing space between numeric value and unit (e.g., 25 km)

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'i.e.' without a comma

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'e.g.' without a comma

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French's => French people

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extraneous apostrophes before 'are'

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Comma before 'so/but/and MD + PRP + VB'

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Comma before 'so/but/and please'

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comma between independent clauses

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comma between independent clauses

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comma before tag question

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mismatched verbs and tag question operators

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Unnecessary comma: 'Bob(,) and I'

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Missing punctuation after an interjection

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Missing comma after introductory phrase

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Missing vocative comma

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Missing comma after pronoun

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Missing question mark

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missing period after last letter in abbreviations

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Great (,) thanks

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missing comma after modal verb

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The older the more we ...

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comma before 'thanks'

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Comma after 'nowadays

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Comma in 'very very good'

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if we can't we ...

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comma before/after 'huh?'