Learn about the top 10 grammatical offenses and how to avoid them

We've compiled a list of 10 grammatical offenses that do more harm to a person's image than all the others. Avoiding them will send you in the right direction for personal and career success. Knowing why they're so horrid is Step 1 in your pursuit.

Learn what grammar is and why horrid grammar is such a problem

Too many people think grammar is something to dread from school days. The truth is that correct grammar makes the language function for everyone and enables everyone to benefit from the common language. Using horrid grammar undermines the language and the success of everyone using it.

Stop Misusing Verbs

"He done," "She ain't." "They's . . . "

Verb misuse is among the more common grammatical faults. Learn how to conjugate your verbs properly and make them agree with your sentence subjects so you can make good impressions on people.

Stop Misusing Nouns

Flawed plurals! Faulty possessives! Ugg! Learn how to use your nouns correctly so you can make sense to other people.

Stop Botching Pronouns

"Me and him went to lunch." "Give that report to myself." "Her and him are in a meeting."

Botching pronouns is among the more common grammatical offenses that can stifle career success. Learn how to use your pronouns correctly so you can look impressive to employers and customers.

Stop Misusing Modifiers

Modifiers are necessary for clear communication, so misusing them would naturally undermine effective communication. Learn how to use your modifiers correctly so you can make sense to anybody.

Stop Using Double Negatives

The use of double negatives does more to make a person sound ignorant than most other grammatical offenses. Learn to avoid incorrect double negatives and when double negatives are appropriate.

Stop Saying "Like" All the Time

Habitual uses of "like" are immature and silly. Make yourself be taken seriously by eliminating this childish grammatical flaw from your speech.

Stop Using Substandard Words

"irregardless" "conversate" "hisself"

Substandard words are not accepted by grammarians but are used carelessly and sometimes ignorantly. Their use contributes to poor image of the speaker.  Purge these incorrect words from your speech and writing.

Stop Using the Wrong Words

Wrong words are good words used for the wrong reasons. Learn what these words mean and use them correctly.

Stop Misusing Slang and Jargon

Although slang and jargon have their places, the misuse of these words inhibits effective communication and is not "cool" after all. Learn to stop misusing slang and jargon.

Stop Mispronouncing Words

Mispronouncing words leads to miscommunication, misspelling, stifled careers, and sometimes ridicule. Learn to pronounce words properly and make people take you seriously.

Stop That Silly Uptalking

"Uptalking" is an annoying speech habit that inflects all sentences as though they were questions. Stop annoying others and belittling yourself with this silly speech habit.

Stop Fretting About False Errors

It's really surprising how many people seem to know about "rules" that are really myths but ignore real grammatical rules. Learn several of these false errors, stop fretting about them, and focus your attention on true grammatical errors.

Stop Using Vulgarities

The casual and public use of vulgarities in our society is an alarming trend that offends many people and seriously undermines the speakers' respect. Only a few years ago we would not have needed to explain these words because everyone already knew why their use was unacceptable in civil and polite society. If you use these offensive words, stop it and present yourself respectably.

Stop Making Excuses

"It sounds stuffy."
"People will laugh at me."
"It's free speech."

These are examples of the lame excuses we hear from people who wrongfully believe that using horrid grammar is all right. Although we are legally free to make fools of ourselves by using horrid grammar, we are not going to be successful in life or at work through such an ignorant, arrogant, and offensive approach to life. Stop making these silly excuses and improve your presentation by correcting your English grammar.

A Message From Your Authors

Using proper English grammar is more important than schoolbook rules. It contributes directly to job and career success.

Being successful in life and career requires the ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and quickly. Everyone who seeks success in any business endeavor needs to learn all they can about effective communication and practice what they learned every day.

Using proper English Grammar enables clear communication, while using poor English grammar stifles careers and pegs people as less than worthy of consideration.

Stop Using That Horrid Grammar provides clear advice on how to improve more than 50 common grammatical faults. It is based on numerous grammatical texts and our more than 30 years of workplace experience.

It explains grammatical skills in a way that managers and employees can easily understand because our careers have been spent in the professional workplace, not in academia. That's why so many business professionals appreciate and gain so much from our books and seminars.

Use the grammar skills explained in our book, and watch your professional success grow by the day.

About Your Authors

The authors of Stop Using That Horrid Grammar are professional business people, writers, trainers and speakers. They have more than 30 years of experience in business, management, selling, and training as well as degrees in business and English from major United States universities.

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