Common Usage Problems
Affect/Effect and Except/Accept Quiz
Bad/badly (The first is an adjective that adds information to a noun. The second is an adverb that is only used to add information to a transitive verb. He smelled bad, not badly. If you use the adverb badly, you are saying that his nose did not work well.
Could, would, should, might have (Never use of after one of these words!)
Either/Or
Everyone/Every one
Good/well
Lie/lay
Neither/Nor
Your/you're