Top ten grammar myths
- Don’t end a sentence with a preposition.
- Don’t split infinitives.
- Don’t answer the question “How are you?” with the statement “I’m good.”
- Use a before words starting with consonants and an before words starting with vowels.
- I.e. and e.g. mean the same thing.
- Passive voice is always wrong.
- There is only one way to write the possessive form of a word that ends in s.
- Irregardless is not a word.
- You shouldn’t start a sentence with the word however.
- A run-on sentence is a really long sentence.
Taken from Grammar Girl. See the list in full detail.
