The document outlines 7 common errors in English grammar: 1. Misuse of apostrophes in contractions and possessions. 2. Confusing your/you're, its/it's, there/their/they're, to/too/two, then/than, and me/myself/I. 3. Examples are provided to illustrate the correct and incorrect usage of each grammar point, with links to additional online resources for more details on avoiding these common mistakes.

1. COMMON ERRORS IN GRAMMAR
1. Misplacedapostrophes (the symbol of ‘).
eg: Janes horse is over there (wrong)
Jane’s horse is over there (correct)
2. Your/you’re
“your” is to show your belonging, “you’re” is the short form of “you are”.
eg: Your beautiful (wrong)
You’re beautiful (correct)
3. Its/it’s
“It’s” is only used when short form for “it is”. Its” indicates something belonging to
something that isn’t masculine(he) or feminine (she).
eg: Its snowing outside (wrong)
It’s snowing outside (correct)
The sofa looks great with it’s new cover (wrong)
The sofa looks great with its new cover (correct)
4. There/their/they’re
“There” to refer to a place that isn’t here – “over there”.
“Their” is used to show possession/ something belonging tothem – their class, their bags
“They’re” is short for “they are”.
eg:
wrong correct
Their going to be here soon They’re going to be here soon
We should contact they’re agent We should contact their agent
Their is an argument that says There is an argument that says
5. To/two/too
“To” is used in the infinitive form of a verb – “to talk”.
“Too” means “also” or “as well”.
“Two” refers to the number 2.
eg:
wrong correct
I’m to hot I’m too hot
It’s time two go It’s time to go
I’m going too town I’m going to town

2. 6. Then/than
“Than” is used in comparisons.
“Then” is used to indicate something following something else in time, steps of doing
something.
eg: She was better at it then him (wrong)
She was better at it than him (correct)
It was more then enough (wrong)
It was more than enough (correct)
7. Me/myself/I
When referring to yourself and someone else, put their name first in the sentence.
eg: “John and I are off to the circus” (correct) “me is off to the circus” (wrong)
“myself” if you’ve already used “I”, making you the subject of the sentence.
eg:
wrong correct
Me and John are off to the circus John and I are off to the circus
Myself and John are going into town John and I are going into town
Give it to John and I to look after Give it to John and me to look after
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