English Grammar Rules & Mistakes: Learn All of the Essentials: Writing, Speaking, Literature and Punctuation Rules Complete with 10 Key Skills and Over 200 Common Error Examples

less is used with uncountable nouns, and fewer is used with countable nouns.
Incorrect: There are much miles to cover in the race.
Correct: 
There are many miles to cover in the race.
Incorrect: The soup has many water.
Correct: 
The soup has much water.
Incorrect: I have less questions to answer.
Correct: 
I have fewer questions to answer.
Simply add "-er" as a comparative to words like strong, fat, tall, etc.
Incorrect:
And the boy grew strong and strong.
Correct:
And the boy grew stronger and stronger.
Qualifiers such as "both," and "all" must go before possessive words.
Incorrect: He lost his all investment.
Correct: 
He lost all his investment.
Avoid the mistakes of using farther and further in comparing distance.

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Incorrect:
Which of the following places is further?
Correct:
Which of the following places is farther?
The use of prefer:
Incorrect: I prefer biking from skating.
Correct: 
I prefer biking to skating.
Use the superlative adjective (e.g., most) in the latter part of sentences.
Incorrect: My brother is the most enterprising and ablest man I have seen.
Correct: 
My brother is the ablest and most enterprising man I have seen.
MCQs: Choose the appropriate options from the statements below:
1. Are your dresses _____ shorter these days? (A. More
B. much)
Answer: B
A
2. There is too _____ noise in the air. (A. much B.
many)
Answer: A
3. I have ___ worries than you do. (A. less B. fewer)
Answer: B
4. We will go out _______. (A. next Friday B. Friday
next)
Answer: A
5. ___ question in the script carries equal marks. (A.

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Every B. Each)
Answer: B
6. Dad gave me _____ money to spend at school. (A.
little B. a little C. few D. small)
Answer: B
7. Tell me the ___ news. (A. last B. latest)
Answer: B
8. The _____ of the story was emphasized. (A.
important B. importance)
Answer: B
Conjunctions
Conjunctions are words used to join a word to another word, a sentence to
another sentence, and a word to a clause. For example: He was playing
music, yet I studied. Here, “He was playing music” is a sentence, and “I
studied” is another sentence. Word "yet" is simply joining the two sentences
together to convey key information in the compound sentence. There are
several conjoining words that students commonly misuse in sentences. The
following important rules are to be followed when using conjunctions:
Use not only followed by but also.
Incorrect: She did not only hug him, she kissed him.
Correct: 
Not only did she hug him, but also kissed him.
The use of though instead of although:
Incorrect: You look as although you have seen a monster!
Correct:
You look as though you have seen a monster!

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Avoid using not with lest, because lest is a negative word. When used,