Freelance Writer Directory  Grammar Police: 3 Common Grammar
Mistakes  on April 8, 2011 in Grammar & ESL  Today many people
learn grammar by ear and application rather than through rules
and an understanding of proper sentence structure. But there are
a few quick rules you can learn that will help you avoid the
grammar police. Here are a few of my favorites:  Which is proper
English?  Most people know that there's a difference between
American English and British English, but they aren't sure which
words (and rules) belong on which side of the ocean. A common
grammar mistake, and one of my personal pet peeves, has to do
with toward vs. towards.  Here in the U.S. we drop the "S" on
toward, forward, backward, onward, upward, etc. But on the other
side of the bathtub they used towards, forwards, backwards,
onwards and upwards.  "Dear Punctuation, I want you inside of
me."  -- Sincerely, Quotation Marks.  Another rule that differs
between here and there is the proper usage of punctuation when
it comes to quotatio