Browse Rules: 6,133 matches
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| Description | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| be bigger than me (I) | She is wiser than me! | Style |
| most (almost) every | Most everyone saw him. | Style |
| where/when | There are times where you need to measure high current devices. | Style |
| where/when | It happened in the past where people weren't using mobile phones. | Style |
| Good fuck (luck) | Good fuck with that! | Style |
| Profanity | Piss off! | Style |
| Profanity | Kaffir! | Style |
| Profanity | A business owner was sentenced to prison for harboring illegal aliens. | Style |
| Profanity | People required to use irregular ways to enter the country are illegal immigrants. | Style |
| Profanity | Smoke some fags and play some pool, pretend you never went to school. | Style |
| Profanity | Bite me! | Style |
| Profanity | He cums. | Style |
| Profanity | So you are yankees, right? | Style |
| Profanity | He is a negro. | Style |
| Profanity | Besides, Winslow and his men had to sleep side by side with the dirty chief and his squaw. | Style |
| Profanity | He's such a retard. | Style |
| Profanity | The redskin said few words. | Style |
| Profanity | Deaf-mute means a person is deaf and can't speak at all. | Style |
| Profanity | Deaf mute means a person is deaf and can't speak at all. | Style |
| Profanity | "Mohammedan" was formerly common in usage, but the term Muslim is more common today. | Style |
| Profanity | Somalian | Style |
| Profanity | Jim Crow. | Style |
| Typos that result in swear words | There was a yellow rubber fuck in the bathtub. | Style |
| Typos that result in swear words | Could you put it in the fag, please? | Style |
| Childish language | I have tummy ache because I ate too much candy. | Style |
| Childish language | I have tummyache because I ate too much candy. | Style |
| Childish language | The kitty-cat is pretty. | Style |
| Childish language | It's no fair! | Style |
| Childish language | Put a ticky on it. | Style |
| Childish language | He's my Bubba. | Style |
| Childish language | My mama is the best. | Style |
| Childish language | My papa is the best. | Style |
| Childish language | My doggy is barking. | Style |
| Sarcasm | Are you deaf? | Style |
| Sarcasm | Sue me. | Style |
| 'Needs fixed' type construction | My car needs fixed. | Style |
| an invite (invitation) | Is that an invite...? | Style |
| irregardless (regardless) | Irregardless of what he says, do it! | Style |
| Sentence starting with 'And' or 'But' | But it is not a great writing style to start a sentence with 'but'. | Style |
| Number starting a sentence | 12 soldiers were killed! | Style |
| Word order: 'Hopefully' starting a sentence | Hopefully, this will be a great grammar checker. | Style |
| Readability: Four nouns in a row | BAe ATP, a British Aerospace turboprop passenger aircraft designed for the short range market. | Style |
| Readability: Three nouns in a row | I suggested that there may be some way to fix this through a price adjustment mechanism in the fixed price or volumes or through a separate indemnification in the "fee letter". | Style |
| Style: 'possible' after 'possibility' | I did not have a possibility to check for possible errors. | Style |
| 'also' at the end of the sentence | You will buy some eggs also. | Style |
| to be able to + 'passive voice' | The problem was able to be solved. | Style |
| Passive voice | It is also thought that tests are satisfactory. | Style |
| Passive voice | He is said to have been happy. | Style |
| Passive voice | He is said to be happy. | Style |
| Passive voice | He insisted that red should be used by the designers. | Style |
| Passive voice | By now, the work will have been completed by the engineers. | Style |
| Passive voice | A cake is being baked by him. | Style |
| Passive voice | We have been warned about the strong winds on the coast. | Style |
| transitive verb 'occasion' is very formal | The concert occasioned a riot. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | I always will love you. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | Always I am happy. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | I am happy always. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | I sometimes am happy. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | I am here and I sometimes am happy. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | They have been seen often together. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | They often have been seen together. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | They have been often seen together. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | I will love always you. | Style |
| Word order: Wrong position of adverb, e.g. 'Always I am happy. (I am always happy.)' | I always will love you. | Style |
| who (whom) | With who did you go? | Style |
| who (whom) | Sarah gave the tickets to who? | Style |
| who (whom) | The hall was filled with students, many of who were girls. | Style |
| who (whom) | Her mother, in who she confided, said it wasn't easy for her. | Style |
| who (whom) | Who we're looking for: | Style |
| Redundant 'plus': 100+ and more | We have more than 100+ customers. | Redundant Phrases |
| Redundant 'plus': 100+ and more | We have more than 100,000+ customers. | Redundant Phrases |
| Redundant 'plus': 100+ and more | We have 100+ and more customers. | Redundant Phrases |
| Wordiness: in a ... manner | He did it in a hasty manner. | Redundant Phrases |
| Wordiness: in a ... manner | He did it in an effective way. | Redundant Phrases |
| Wordiness: in a ... manner | He did it in a systematic way. | Redundant Phrases |
| Wordiness: in a ... manner | He did it in a terrible way. | Redundant Phrases |
| Wordiness: in a ... manner | He came in a hasty manner. | Redundant Phrases |
| I [told it to] -> I [told] Leo | He told it to Leo. | Redundant Phrases |
| former alumnus (alumnus) | As the wife of a former alumnus of UCLA, I am appalled at recent events that have occurred and seemingly encouraged by the administration. | Redundant Phrases |
| former alumnus (alumnus) | The former alumnus adviser of Alpha Lambda Chapter was elected as congressman-at- large in Ohio. | Redundant Phrases |
| sworn affidavit (affidavit) | A sworn affidavit is a written statement made by someone under oath to tell the truth about something. | Redundant Phrases |
| sworn affidavit (affidavit) | His sworn affidavit was deposited in the post office mailbox. | Redundant Phrases |
| directly antithetical (antithetical) | The two events this week were directly antithetical to the University's values for these reasons. | Redundant Phrases |
| approximately about | Americans feel full of energy and healthy approximately about 19 days per month. | Redundant Phrases |
| associate together (associate) | Hippos associate together in groups. | Redundant Phrases |
| associate together (associate) | Poets and choregi having been associated together in pairs, there still remained the selection and appointment of the actors. | Redundant Phrases |
| sufficient enough → sufficient | The money is sufficient enough to buy the pullover. | Redundant Phrases |
| of any of → of | He was the worst of any of the dancers | Redundant Phrases |
| Possibly needless 'that' | I am pretty sure that this is right. | Redundant Phrases |
| send an email to (email) | He was going to send an email to her. | Redundant Phrases |
| sent an email to (email) | He sent an email to her. | Redundant Phrases |
| send me an email (email me) | Peter has sent me an email. | Redundant Phrases |
| send me an email (email me) | Peter has sent me an e-mail. | Redundant Phrases |
| the world around it (the world) | He didn't like the world around him. | Redundant Phrases |
| because of the fact that (because) | Its crystals are usually hexagonal in shape, with flakiness and plating, usually because of the fact that it replaced a mineral. | Redundant Phrases |
| Wordiness: very small | He came to a very small house. | Redundant Phrases |
| ATM machine (ATM) | ATM Machine Comparison Guide | Redundant Phrases |
| HIV virus (HIV) | The HIV virus continues to spread. | Redundant Phrases |
| PIN number / ISBN number (PIN / ISBN) | Please input your PIN number to access. | Redundant Phrases |
| LCD display (LCD) | The result is printed on this LCD display. | Redundant Phrases |
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