Bookhooks Style Guide

Using our Word template, you can annotate student work, adding comments for the 30 Common Errors listed in this style guide. The template facilitates mark up by teachers, and generates comments with links to these resource pages!

   Misuse/Missing Single Quotation Marks

30 Common Writing Errors and Their Solutions

Sentence Fragment
Run On/Comma Splice
Parenthetic Expression
Series
Comma Before Independent Clause
Semi-Colon
Colon
Punctuation at end of Quotation
Single Quote Marks
Dialogue
Titles
Possession
Its/It's
Dangling Modifier
Misplaced Modifier
Vague Pronoun Reference
Me/Like
Number Agreement
Parallel Structure
Verb Tenses
Fused Words
Spelling
Passive Voice
Negative Form
Cliches
Choppy Sentences
Wordiness
Qualifiers and Intensifiers
Hedging
Vague, Stilted or Flowery Language

‘Dot-com’ stocks can be volatile.

María said, “Paco said, “Good morning.””

“Dot-com” stocks can be volatile.

María said, “Paco said, ‘Good morning.’”