Priceless Writing Tips5 Simple Grammar Tips You Can Start Using Right Now

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What if one day there will be Grammar Judgment Day? All of our sins against grammar would be weighed up against the pages of impeccable writing. Scary, isn’t it? I’m curious only if misprints and lingo text messages would count then.

Joking apart, improving grammar is a never-ending quest for all writers. And here are 5 quick grammar tips you can start using right now to succeed in that quest:

Grammar Tip 1: Keep Your Writing More Active

Let’s accept it – sometimes we don’t have enough guts to use active voice. Passive voice is so much more comfortable than active one – the discussed events seem to happen on their own, and nobody’s responsible for them. However our first tip is use active voice whenever possible.

Grammar Tip 2: And Never Start a Sentence with a Conjunction

The right place for conjunctions is in the middle of the sentence. Simply delete all conjunctions at the beginnings of sentences and see what happens. Your writing will remain the same, as the meaning won’t change – it will just get more grammatically correct.

Grammar Tip 3: Preposition Is Not What You Should End Your Sentence With

Sometimes, you may want to make preposition the very last thing in your sentence. Try to resist this temptation whenever possible. In most cases, even when you try to come up with a brief and catchy title, it’s still possible to change the structure for something more appropriate.

Grammar Tip 4: Avoid Run-On Sentences

Remember that whenever you want to combine two clauses into one sentence, you will need a conjunction. No conjunction – no grammatically correct sentence.

Wrong: She decided to skip the lecture, she fell asleep during the previous one.

Right: She decided to skip the lecture, as she fell asleep during the previous one.

Grammar Tip 5: Make Your Sentences Complete

To be complete, every simple sentence needs 2 things – a subject and a predicate. Grammatically correct writing is all about clarity. Both subject and predicate are necessary to ensure perfect understanding. As to the complex sentences, they need both the main clause and the dependent one. Don’t leave your readers lost in guesses. No matter how fascinating your idea is…

Would you confess what your personal worst sins against grammar are? (We promise not to tell anyone).