{"id":29983,"date":"2018-02-12T18:47:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T22:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?p=29983"},"modified":"2018-02-12T18:47:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T22:47:09","slug":"5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Grammar Tips for the Web that You Need to Follow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you an avid blogger? Are you think about starting a new website? Or maybe you just like posting on social media a lot. No matter your situation, if you are posting content online, your grammar matters. It makes your content more credible and makes you look better as a poster of that content. <\/p>\n<p>Smartly Done Websites, professionals in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smartlydonewebsites.com\/\">affordable web design<\/a>, have put together this list of great tips to remember to keep your grammar clean when you\u2019re writing your next piece of content. <\/p>\n<h3>Commas<\/h3>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wk0k2FLjM1c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><em>Meet the Comma | Punctuation | Grammar | Khan Academy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We all know how difficult commas can be, but a best practice for commas is to use them sparingly. Don\u2019t use commas to lengthen your sentences. Keep your sentences short and precise. It makes the content easier to read. <\/p>\n<p>Take this example: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was walking along the beach at sunset, and then the waves splashed me, so I got wet and had to go back to the hotel to change, and the rest of the night pretty much sucked.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a lot of commas for one sentence! Try instead breaking it up, like this:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was walking along the beach at sunset. The waves splashed me and I got wet. I had to go back to the hotel to change. The rest of the night pretty much sucked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, I\u2019m not saying don\u2019t ever use commas. It\u2019s fine to combine related sentences every now and then, but don\u2019t make it a common thing. <\/p>\n<h3>Would of? Or Would\u2019ve?<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/wouldve-couldve-should-of-contractions-bad-grammar.png\" alt=\"wouldve-couldve-should-of-contractions-bad-grammar\" width=\"420\" height=\"294\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29984 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 420px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 420\/294;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Would of, could of, and should of do not make sense. \u201cWould\u2019ve\u201d is one word that means \u201cwould have\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>I <i>would have<\/i> liked to stay at the party last night, not \u201cI <i>would of<\/i> liked to stay at the party\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t make this mistake when writing your blogs or social posts because people will cringe and judge you. <\/p>\n<h3>Its versus It\u2019s<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/comics\/misspelling\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/it-vs-its-.png\" alt=\"it vs it&#039;s\" width=\"720\" height=\"579\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29985 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 720px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 720\/579;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Ten Words You Need To Stop Misspelling<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This one can be confusing for some people, and honestly, the entire English language is confusing. This is just one of those things that you need to remember because it doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense. <\/p>\n<p><i>Its<\/i> without an apostrophe means that it has possession of something. <i>I have <\/i><b><i>its <\/i><\/b><i>food in my bag. <\/i><\/p>\n<p>Yes, I know an apostrophe usually means that something has possession, but we can\u2019t do that with the word <i>it <\/i>because the apostrophe gives it another meaning. <\/p>\n<p><i>It\u2019s<\/i> with an apostrophe means <i>it is<\/i><b><i>. <\/i><\/b><b>\u201c<\/b><i>It\u2019s<\/i> raining outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Then versus Than<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/comics\/misspelling\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/Oatmeal-Then-vs.-Than.png\" alt=\"Oatmeal-Then-vs.-Than\" width=\"444\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29986 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 444px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 444\/300;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Ten Words You Need To Stop Misspelling<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another one that people misuse all the time. When we read them out loud we typically pronounce <i>then <\/i>and <i>than<\/i> the same way, so that\u2019s where it can get confusing. But these two words have completely different meanings. <\/p>\n<p><i>Then <\/i>is used to situate actions. For example, \u201cI went to the gym, and <i>then<\/i> I took a shower.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Than <\/i>is used for comparison. \u201cMy car is nicer <i>than<\/i> yours.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>There, Their, and They\u2019re<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/comics\/misspelling\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/their-theyre-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon.png\" alt=\"their-they&#039;re-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon\" width=\"686\" height=\"660\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29987 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 686px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 686\/660;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Ten Words You Need To Stop Misspelling<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We all should have learned the difference between these in grade school or at least by middle school. But unfortunately, that\u2019s not the case. And sometimes, if you\u2019re not using these words frequently enough, you can forget which one to use. <\/p>\n<p><i>There<\/i> is used to associate location. \u201cI saw a giant hawk over <i>there<\/i>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Their<\/i> is used to show possession. \u201cWe\u2019re going to take <i>their <\/i>car to the beach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>They\u2019re<\/i> is a contraction which means \u201cthey are\u201d. \u201c<i>They\u2019re <\/i>going to pay for what they did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now you probably didn\u2019t know you were going to be taking an English class when you started reading this, but these tips will take you far in your journey as a web content creator. Remember them well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you an avid blogger? Are you think about starting a new website? Or maybe you just like posting on social media a lot. No matter your situation, if you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,5633,107],"tags":[102,7262,7991,439,5882,3938,956,6421,2004,7866,663,5898,4452,6803,6156,118,6809,6804,5902,115,5890,549,7869,2510],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Grammar Tips for the Web that You Need to Follow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Are you an avid blogger? Are you think about starting a new website? Or maybe you just like posting on social media a lot. No matter your situation, if\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Grammar Tips for the Web that You Need to Follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are you an avid blogger? Are you think about starting a new website? Or maybe you just like posting on social media a lot. No matter your situation, if\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, &amp; Creatives by Andy Sowards\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/andysowardsfan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-12T22:47:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/their-theyre-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"686\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"660\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Andy Sowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@andysowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@andysowards\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Andy Sowards\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/\",\"name\":\"5 Grammar Tips for the Web that You Need to Follow\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/their-theyre-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-12T22:47:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-12T22:47:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415\"},\"description\":\"Are you an avid blogger? Are you think about starting a new website? Or maybe you just like posting on social media a lot. No matter your situation, if\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/their-theyre-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/their-theyre-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon.png\",\"width\":686,\"height\":660},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"5 Grammar Tips for the Web that You Need to Follow\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, &amp; Creatives by Andy Sowards\",\"description\":\"Design Inspiration &amp; Business Resources for Creatives\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415\",\"name\":\"Andy Sowards\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Andy Sowards\"},\"description\":\"Im a professional Freelancer specializing in Web Developer, Design, Programming web applications. Im an Avid member of the Design\/Development community and a Serial Blogger. follow me on Twitter @AndySowards\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Grammar Tips for the Web that You Need to Follow","description":"Are you an avid blogger? Are you think about starting a new website? Or maybe you just like posting on social media a lot. No matter your situation, if","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Grammar Tips for the Web that You Need to Follow","og_description":"Are you an avid blogger? Are you think about starting a new website? Or maybe you just like posting on social media a lot. No matter your situation, if","og_url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/","og_site_name":"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, &amp; Creatives by Andy Sowards","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/andysowardsfan","article_published_time":"2018-02-12T22:47:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":686,"height":660,"url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/their-theyre-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Andy Sowards","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@andysowards","twitter_site":"@andysowards","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Andy Sowards","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/","name":"5 Grammar Tips for the Web that You Need to Follow","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/their-theyre-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon.png","datePublished":"2018-02-12T22:47:09+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-12T22:47:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415"},"description":"Are you an avid blogger? Are you think about starting a new website? Or maybe you just like posting on social media a lot. No matter your situation, if","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/their-theyre-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/their-theyre-there-oatmeal-grammer-funny-cartoon.png","width":686,"height":660},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2018\/5-grammar-tips-web-need-follow\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"5 Grammar Tips for the Web that You Need to Follow"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/","name":"Daily Business Resources for Entrepreneurs, Web Designers, &amp; Creatives by Andy Sowards","description":"Design Inspiration &amp; Business Resources for Creatives","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/2e0f72bd7f6497fd883e2bd67d9f3415","name":"Andy Sowards","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/15f95b011563b5894883b22bd4b32d59?s=96&r=pg","caption":"Andy Sowards"},"description":"Im a professional Freelancer specializing in Web Developer, Design, Programming web applications. Im an Avid member of the Design\/Development community and a Serial Blogger. follow me on Twitter @AndySowards","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.andysowards.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29988,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29983\/revisions\/29988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}