Commonly made grammatical/spelling mistakes

[brenden]

'alot' and 'inturn' are non-existent!

Yep second this. They both annoy me.

[Soul_Khan]

'alot' and 'inturn' are non-existent!

Says who?

[Bhootnike]

it's when saying, 'it's legs are huge' is wrong
you dont use an apostrophe  s to show possession for 'it'

'alot' and 'inturn' are non-existent!

Says who?

its a lot, and in turn i think

[Genericname2365]

Obligatory link
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

[charmanderp]

it's when saying, 'it's legs are huge' is wrong
you dont use an apostrophe  s to show possession for 'it'

'alot' and 'inturn' are non-existent!

Says who?

its a lot, and in turn i think

Correct.

[paulsterio]

saying "could of" instead of "could have"

[meganrobyn]

Saying <name> and myself.

[watto_22]

As a general rule, if there is ever a 'to', then use whom. As in, To whom do I address this letter?

If you know your grammar, you'll know this is because 'who' is used as a subject, 'whom' as an object. It's the same as the differene between he/his (who) and him (whom).

I sent a letter to him. To whom do I send this letter?

It is his turn to deal. Who's turn is it to deal?

Whose and who's..

[pi]

saying "could of" instead of "could have"

I think both are accepted now though, although "should have" is traditionally the correct way

[MonsieurHulot]

I think both are accepted now though, although "should have" is traditionally the correct way

I don't think that 'could of' is accepted at all, at least not among 'educated' people. Perhaps it is among other people who say 'could of', but seeing as it's just a mis-pronunciation of 'could have' I doubt it's actually formally accepted anywhere.

[Kanon]

Not sure if this is where this is suppose to be, but for VCE is any preference given to American vs British/Australian spelling of words like organise/organize?  I've always felt spelling words with an 's' was classier

[Starlight]

Recieve instead of receive. This might only be me who does this though.

[lexitu]

Not sure if this is where this is suppose to be, but for VCE is any preference given to American vs British/Australian spelling of words like organise/organize?  I've always felt spelling words with an 's' was classier

At least for VCE English, you are being assessed in part on your ability to follow the "rules" of standard Australian English. So yes you need to use -s- where possible, which is a good thing for you

[mark_alec]

Just a note that lots of these questions relate to style guides for writing (e.g. where to place commas or quotation marks), and have nothing to do English grammar.

For words ending in 'ise'/'ize', the latter is the *Oxford* spelling.

My pet hate: treating 'data' as a plural.

[charmanderp]

I've made it my sole mission in life to correct the usage of 'and me', 'me and' + 'and I' of as many people as possible.