Improving Writing Skills
Sometimes, even the most intelligent people make mistakes when using common phrases, leading to some embarrassing moments. Can you identify what’s wrong with the phrases below? Check your responses against the solution key.
- Baited breath
- Boldface lie
- Chalk full
- Do diligence
- First-come, first-serve
- Given free reign
- Honed in
- I could care less
- Irregardless
- Must of/should of/would of/could of
- Mute point
- Peaked my interest
- Per say
- Piece of mind
- Shoe-in
- Slight of hand
- Through the ringer
- Tie me over
- Tow the line
- Wet your appetite
[ Instructors: Download the exercise and its key at the end of this post.]
Adapted from 43 Embarrassing Grammar Mistakes Even Smart People Make, Inc.com
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