• chunes@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 day ago

    Some of mine in no particular order:

    • Comma splices.
    • Using apostrophes to make abbreviations plural. It’s UFOs, not UFO’s. This goes for decades, too. It’s 1920s, not 1920’s.
    • Putting punctuation in the wrong place when parentheticals are involved (like this.) (Or like this).
    • Same for quotations. Programmers in particular seem averse to putting punctuation on the inside where it usually belongs.
    • Mixing up insure, ensure, and assure.
    • Using ‘that’ where ‘who’ is more appropriate. For example, “People that don’t use their blinkers are annoying.”