I was reading comments from a copy editors’ camp this week, and I thought I would share what was identified as the most common error they cite: mistakes in word choice.
The most common mistakes in word choice are as follows:
- using which for that and vice versa
- using affect for effect and vice versa
- confusing they’re, their, and there
- confusing your with you’re
- overusing utilize
- using between you and I instead of between you and me
- using compare to when compare with is correct
- using convince someone to instead of persuade someone to
- using its for it’s and vice versa (by far the most common mistake)
There you have it, something else to look for during that revision 🙂
-Jan R
This is why I am happy I hired an editor. My early drafts were full of this stuff. Ouch.
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