Top 20 Writing Mistakes

Here are three of the top 20 most common writing errors for speakers of English as a second language, along with helpful links to work on those areas of challenge!

Challenge Areas

1. Capitalization
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_caps.html
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ed-caps.html
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/le/Capitals/capl_q~1.htm
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/le/Capitals/capl_q~2.htm
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/le/Capitals/capl_q~3.htm
http://cla.univ-fcomte.fr/english/grammar/punctuation/punctindex.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/capitalization1.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/capitalization2.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/capitalization3.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ed-caps.html


2. Punctuation
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_sentp.html
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ed-punct01.html
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/le/Capitals/capl_q~1.htm
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/le/Capitals/capl_q~2.htm
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/literacy/le/Capitals/capl_q~3.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#punctuation
http://www.world-english.org/punctuation.htm
http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/sentence/index.htm
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~esl/Links_grammar_punctuation.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_overvwEX1.html
http://esl.about.com/od/englishgrammar/a/a_punctuation.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/directquotationrules.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/punctuatingdependent.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/swordrules.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/punctuatingadverbclauses.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/quotationmarks1.htm
http://a4esl.org/q/j/ck/ed-punct01.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/punctuation.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_sentpr.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commacompEX1.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commacompEX2.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaessEX1.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaessEX2.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaessEX3.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX1.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX2.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX3.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX4.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_commaEX5.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commaint.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commacomp.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_sentpr.html
http://annex.ncwc.edu/writing_lab/nc/handouts/setiii/prints/SETIII17P.html
http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/writing/handouts/Run-on%20Sentences.doc
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/commas.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/commasplices1.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/comma1.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/comma2.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/comma3.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/comma4.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/comma5.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/comma6.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/comma7.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/commasemi1.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/commasemi2.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/commasconjunctions.htm


3. Run-on sentences
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_sentpr.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/m-sco01.html
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~esl/Links_grammar_run-ons.htm
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~esl/Links_grammar_sentcombining.htm
http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~esl/Links_grammar_parts.htm
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_clause.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_fragEX1.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_fragEX1.html
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_fragEX3.html
http://www.utm.edu/organizations/wcenter/273,18,References
http://www.powa.org/revise/designing.html#Balance%20and%20Parallelism
http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/writing/handouts/Run-on%20Sentences.doc
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/wordiness1.htm
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writingc/handouts/subordination1.htm