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

Tel. implies telephone.
Est. implies established.
Stop writing RSVP squashed together; rather, you separate the letters with a
dot such as R.S.V.P. The popular initialism R.S.V.P is from the French
phrase Repondez, s’ilvous plait used in inviting guest to occasions such as
birthday parties and it simply to means “please reply or kindly reply” if you’ll
be present.
When you see Ave. certainly, Avenue is implied and it is similar to having
Cyn. as Canyon.
Avoid writing BSC as the abbreviation for Bachelor of Science. This is
absolutely wrong. The only appropriate way to go about a standard
abbreviation of this is by using BSc/BS. Whichever you use here is simply
perfect.
MCQs: Find the appropriate abbreviations for the following:
1. And so on/and lots more
A. etc.
B. id est
Answer: A
2. Take note/please note
A. e.g.

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B. N.B
Answer: B
3. Abbreviation to mean "namely" is
A. vice versa
B. viz
Answer: B
4. Page thirteen means
A. P38
B. p.13
Answer: B
5. Compact disc read only memory
A. CD ROM
B. CD-ROM
Answer: B
6. Universal Serial Bus
A. UnSB
B. U.S.B
C. USB
Answer: C
Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs and
Heteronyms
The joy of every communicator in the English language lies in getting the

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right information to the audience with the use of the appropriate words and
true intention. To be an effective communicator, you must have a solid
command of words to use in various contexts. You must acclimatize yourself
with a variety of word meaning, spelling and how they can function
effectively in sentences. This idea of knowing the means and spelling of
words and what they mean in sentences brings us to the topic of homonyms.
Homonyms
Homonyms refer to those words that are spelled differently but sound similar
and have different meanings. Even native English language speakers agree
that the English language has a lot of confusing words with similar sound
when heard or pronounced. However, it is interesting to know that many of
those words have different spellings. You should avoid the error of confusing
words to mean distinctive meanings in your sentences, so pay attention to
these grammatical errors that students and writers often make when using
homonyms in the English language.
Confusion with the use of Loose/Lose
This is one of the most commonly confused homonyms among English
speakers. Loose simply means not bound together. It can also mean not firm
or tightly fitted to something. Lose, meanwhile, means to be without,
deprived of, or stop having.
Incorrect: I am afraid I might loose you.
His pants are lose.
Correct: 
I am afraid I might lose you.
His pants are loose. 
Confusion with Their/There
Another mistake common to students lies in this category. It is almost
difficult to identify in speech, but the error is always exposed when
discovered as written statements.