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Not PC: Fixing your errors
Here's a list from the ever useful Economist Style Guide of unfortunately far too common solecisms you should know about, and should definitely avoid.
What's a solecism? Looks like you definitely need to read the list...
SOLECISM, n., a deviation from correct idiom or grammar; any incongruity, error or absurdity; a breach of good manners, an impropriety….
