How to Avoid English Teachers' Pet Peeves: Improve Your Writing by Eliminating the Common Errors that English Teachers See Most Often (Cottonwood Press)

How to Avoid English Teachers' Pet Peeves is a book that helps writers avoid the annoying little errors that English teachers encounter nearly every day as they read student papers. It addresses the mistakes that make English teachers wince. It is not intended to address major problems, like disorganized writing or writing that does not make sense.

The 50 pet peeves in this practical book were those mentioned most often by 125 English teachers from across the country.

Topics covered include:

• spelling "a lot" as one word;
• writing "could of" instead of "could have" and
• mixing up "your" and "you're."

The short, sensible explanations and exercises can help anyone learn to avoid common writing errors.