Do you struggle with the correct use of grammar when using social media? Don’t worry. Seemingly lots of people do. However, if you’re using social media to try and promote yourself and your business, you really should make the effort to make your content and interactions as good as they can be. Yes, there are plenty of people out there who wouldn’t notice if you mixed up your where, were, and we’res, but there is a large chunk of us who would, and sometimes it will make us think less of you both as an individual and a business owner. 

Don’t let poor grammar skills undermine what you do as a business. Our FREE grammar cheat sheet shows you which grammar mistakes we see the most often on social media and explains the differences between different spellings of phonemes. Anything you can think of to add to it?

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You’re	Your
“you are”	Belongs to you
You’re very good at grammar!	Check your grammar!

There	Their	They’re
A place	Belongs to them	“they are”
There is a book	That is their book	They’re the owners of that book

It’s	Its
“It is”	Belongs to it
It’s a good cat	The cat loves its food

Where	Were	We’re	Wear
A place	In the past	“we are”	To put on (clothing) OR to wear down
Where is my book?	We were excited	We are beautiful	I like to wear my coat My car is suffering from wear and tear

Affect	Effect
The verb	The noun
The light levels affect my photos	My camera filter creates a fantastic effect
(An effect is the result of something being affected)

Stationery	Stationary
Pens, pencils, paper etc	Something that is not moving
I use stationery to write a letter	The train was stationary in the station

To	Two	Too
A preposition	A number between one and three	Also
I like to read books	I am two years old	I like reading too

Who’s	Whose
“Who is”	Belongs to whom?
Who’s your mother?	Whose mother did this?

Lose	Loose
To not win	Opposite of tight
I don’t want to lose the race	My seatbelt is loose

Advice	Advise
The noun	The verb
I would like your advice	Please can you advise me
(Advice is what comes from being advised)

Peek	Peak
To sneakily look at something	The highest point
I had a peek at my birthday presents	I reached the peak of the mountain

Compliment	Complement
To say something nice about something	To go together well with something
I compliment my mum on her lovely hat	The hat and my mum complement each other

Instead of should of, would of, could of

The correct use is…….

Should have / should’ve

Would have / would’ve

Could have / could’ve

Top tip for anyone doing online writing – install Grammarly. The free package is very good. It doesn’t always get it right but it is good at identifying what parts of your writing might need a second look.