Join In
Twitter
YouTube
Weekly Newsletter
Libraries
A-Z Grammatical Terms
A-Z Confused Words
FAQs by Writers
A-Z Awkward Plurals
Punctuation Lessons
Common Mistakes
(ordered by seriousness) ESL Vocabulary Lists Parts of Speech Lists A-Z Idioms and Proverbs Grammar Videos
(ordered by category) Tests and Games Top Tip Install a grammar checker
for your browser
(ordered by seriousness) ESL Vocabulary Lists Parts of Speech Lists A-Z Idioms and Proverbs Grammar Videos
(ordered by category) Tests and Games Top Tip Install a grammar checker
for your browser
Top 10 Punctuation Errors
Top 10 Punctuation Errors
This video shows the top ten 10 punctuation errors noted by Grammar Monster:Are you a visual learner? Do you prefer video to text? Here is a list of all our grammar videos.
The Corrections from the Video
Here is the list shown in the video with the corrections:10 Putting an apostrophe in "ours," "yours," or "theirs":
- Always go to other people's funeral, otherwise they won't come to your's.
- Always go to other people's funeral, otherwise they won't come to yours.
- Take my advice: I don't use it anyway.
- Take my advice; I don't use it anyway.
- I would like to change just one aspect of your draft; the words.
- I would like to change just one aspect of your draft: the words.
- Sign in a pet store; "Buy one dog – get one flea."
- Sign in a pet store: "Buy one dog – get one flea."
- After God had created man, did he say: "Hang on, I can do better?"
- After God had created man, did he say: "Hang on, I can do better"?
- We have, I fear confused power with greatness.
- We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
- There is a fine line between genius and insanity, however, I have erased this line.
- There is a fine line between genius and insanity. However, I have erased this line.
- We always hold hands, if I let go, she shops.
- We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.
- Wagners' music is better than it sounds.
- Wagner's music is better than it sounds.
- Dog's look up to us, and cat's look down on us. I prefer pig's – they treat us as equal's.
- Dogs look up to us, and cats look down on us. I prefer pigs – they treat us as equals.
Help Us Improve Grammar Monster
- Do you disagree with something on this page?
- Did you spot a typo?
Find Us Quicker!
- When using a search engine (e.g., Google, Bing), you will find Grammar Monster quicker if you add #gm to your search term.