Grammar Cheat Sheet

Its and It's

Correct: The dog wagged its tail

Correct: It's the first day of the week

Use Its to indicate possession. Use It's for it is or it has

You're and Your

Correct: Brush your teeth

Correct: You're the first person to notice

Incorrect: Your dumb

Your = belonging to you, You're = you are

They're, Their, There

Correct: Don't go there

Correct: They're almost done

Correct: Look at their hair

They're = they are, there = a place, their is possessive

Affect and Effect

Correct: I'm not going to let him affect me

Correct: The law will soon take effect

ie and eg

Use ie for in other words, and eg when you mean for example

Do's and Don'ts

A lot not alot

etc, not etc.

All right not alright

per se not per say

bear with me, not bare with me

hear hear, not here here

Commonly Misspelled words

available

misspelled

supposed