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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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Common mistake
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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i.e.
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e.g.
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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?'
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