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Arts & Humanities > Writing Tips Tips to avoiding common writing errors

Don't take this personally as in "you". The "you" is almost everyone. There are certain specific words that are used incorrectly, I've noticed, in all forms of writing, from Helium articles to articles by professionals in books and newspapers. Some of these are: your, you're; loose. there, their, they're; breathe, breath The key to knowing when to use "you're" is to understand, it is a contraction of "you are", therefore you would not write, "This must be you are book". It would be "This must be your book". When proof-reading, look for these "mistakes". I put mistakes in parentheses becaus...

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