We’re all human, and make mistakes in our spelling and grammar at times. But there are some errors that jump out at your readers often with disastrous results. You wouldn’t think a missing apostrophe would be bad, but if you regularly write its instead of it’s for "it is" some people will stop reading your site and tell others to stop reading it too. Also, some typos can result in broken links and even broken pages. By checking for these common spelling errors and grammar errors, you raise your site’s credibility and keep your readers happy.

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10 Spelling (and Grammar) Errors that Drive Web Readers Crazy originally appeared on About.com Web Design / HTML on Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 15:17:52.

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