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

Waist is simply located below your ribs, and waste means to be extravagant,
or squander something whether you are accountable for it or not.
Incorrect: He didn’t know swinging with the waste was a bad idea for male
participants in the competition.
It was futile chasing the thief since we knew we would
waist our bullets.
Correct: 
He didn’t know swinging with the waist was a bad idea for male
participants in the competition.
It was futile chasing the thief since we knew we would
waste our bullets.
Avoid the error of Toe/Tow
The toe is a member of your foot, and tow is to use a vehicle, helicopter, or
boat to pull another boat, or vehicle or helicopter along.
Incorrect: 
There is a perfect way to toe your vehicle, in case you didn’t
know.
Dermatologists often say you should care for your
townails nearly as much as you care for your face.
Correct: 
There is a perfect way to tow your vehicle, in case you didn’t
know.
Dermatologists often say you should care for your
toenails nearly as much as you care for your face.

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The confusion of Tail/Tale
Tail is usually a word related to animals or coins, and the word tale is a story
that is imagined or true.
Incorrect: When you flip a coin, you’ll get either heads or tales.
Have you read the book called The Tail of Lady Bug?
Correct: 
When you flip a coin, you’ll get either heads or tails.
Have you read the book called The Tale of Lady Bug?
Avoid the mistakes of Red/Read
The word read retains its spelling in present tense and past tense. But red is
primarily a color, and it may connote danger. In this case, the past tense of
read is compared to red because of the pronunciation.
Incorrect: 
On Tuesday afternoon, an accident occurred because it was
difficult to detect if the read light was damaged or working.
Daniel red the inscription aloud.
Correct: 
On Tuesday afternoon, an accident occurred because it was
difficult to detect if the red light was damaged or working.
Daniel read the inscription aloud. (past tense)