This is not a Hall of Shame thread. Please do not copy posts with people's names.
This is a condensed thread to teach specific lessons to those who want to learn correct grammar and spelling.
We have many members whose mother tongue is not English.
Please title your post if you choose to add a lesson. A font size of 12 pt in capitals will make that post easy to find. The lesson posts will also be referenced in the wiki.
LESSONS
1.
there / their / they're2.
a vs. an3.
went vs. have gone4.
It's vs. Its5.
Affect vs. Effect6.
Capital vs Capitol- Commas go before the space, like this, not like ,this.
- Commas/periods go after the close parenthesis (like this), not before (like this.) (Unless the entire sentence is enclosed.)
- All punctuation goes inside the quotation, like "this." not like "this".