Peer Editing the Research Paper

Very common mistakes:

• You can't use 1st person (I, me, my, mine, we, us, our & ours).
• You need to spell out single-digit numbers (e.g., one instead of 1).
• You also need to spell out numbers at the beginning of a sentence (e.g., Thirty percent of people...)

• To make a word possessive ('s or s'), if it's singular, add 's.
• Remember "comma + FANBOYS."

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Confusing words:

• ​​a lot = a bunch
  alot = [not a word]
• accept = take
  except = not including
• affect = change (verb)
  effect = change (noun) 
• allowed = given permission
  aloud = out loud
• could have = [correct]
  could of​ = [not correct]
• it’s = it is or it has
  its​ = ​belonging to it

• ​lose = misplace or fail
  loose​​ = not tight
• ​quite = almost
  quiet = not loud
  quit = stop
• then = afterward
  than​ = ​[used to compare]
• they're = they are
  their = belonging to them
  there​ = a place

• ​​to = [lots of uses]
  too = also
  two = 2
• who's = who is or who has
  whose​ = belonging to whom
• who = used like he
  whom = used like him
• you're = you are
  your = ​belonging to you

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