(shorter version) Most common mistakes

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Overview: Writing Rules

Explanation and practice: Most common mistakes

Practice: Writing a letter

Practice: Vocabulary 

Goal

You can recognize the most common writing mistakes and avoid them in the future. 

You can use the basic writing rules to write a formal letter. 

1) Dear Sir or Madam,

If you do not know the name of the person you are writing to, use this. It is always advisable to try to find out a name.

2) Dear Mr Jenkins,

If you know the name, use the title (Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms, Dr, etc.) and the surname only. If you are writing to a woman and do not know if she uses Mrs or Miss, you can use Ms, which is for married

1) Yours faithfully

If you do not know the name of the person, end the letter this way.

2) Yours sincerely

If you know the name of the person, end the letter this way.

3. With kind regards

Commonly used. 

First paragraph?

Second/Third paragraph

Last paragraph

Most common mistakes

Articles 

Plural forms

Capitalization

A vs AN
Do you live in __ house?
No, actually, I live in __ apartment.

A or An?
_____ bed

1. A
2. An

A or An?
_____ online meeting

1. A
2. An

A or An?
_____ funny joke

1. A
2. An

A or An?
_____ expensive purse

1. A
2. An

A or An?
_____ answer

1. A
2. An

Plural forms
1 have got one dog
he has got two _______

This box has to go to the kitchen and those _______ over there to the bathroom.

Write the plural form:
park

Write the plural form:
copy

Write the plural form:
sheep

Write the plural form:
friend

Which words in the following sentences need a capital letter?

on sunday, i will see the movie star wars and eat at taco bell.

Which words in the following sentences need a capital letter?

terry and louis went to central park last july.

Which words in the following sentences need a capital letter?

she has a friend from london, england.

Which words in the following sentences need a capital letter?

did you know that abraham lincoln was the sixteenth president?