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Top 10 grammar errors:

Some errors in English have to avoid them.

1.    Lack of subject-verb agreement 

Subjects and verbs agree in number. Examples:

The dog growls when he is angry. [Singular]

Dogs growl when they are angry. [Plural]

2.    Using the wrong pronoun  

Incorrect: Everybody must write their own poem.

Correct: Everybody must write his or her own poem.

3.    Incorrect use of apostrophes   

Examples:

Its vs. It's

Its branches were falling. It's a cold day.  

They're vs. Their

They're ready to leave. They are on their way.

4.     Missing comma or semicolon in a compound sentence  

Correct: she wanted to go, but she didn`t have a car.

5.    Writing run-on sentences

 Incorrect: Tom is very cute, he is very popular at school.  

Correct: Tom is very cute. He is very popular at school.

6.    Misuse of homophones   

Examples:

accept vs. except – accept means to receive. Except means to take out or leave out. 

There vs. their – They wanted to go there. Their mother was not home.

7.    Using wrong verb tense  

Examples:

for present tense – we walk to the store. 

For past tense – we walked to the store.  

For future tense – we will walk to the store.

8.    Using who vs. whom 

Examples:

who is a subject pronoun. Who is driving the car?  

Whom is an object pronoun. With whom are you going to the party?

9.    Using double negatives  

Incorrect: she doesn't have no idea of what to do next. 

Correct: she doesn't know what to do next.

10.                         Using few vs. less  

Use "few" or "fewer" for things you count.

Use "less" for things you measure.  Examples: she wore out fewer shoes because she walked less miles.