Which sentence is written correctly? Read all four — the trap is usually one tiny error.
| Watch for | Right | Wrong |
|---|---|---|
| Subject-verb | She walks the horse. | She walk the horse. |
| Their / there / they’re | They’re at their barn over there. | Their going there. |
| Its / it’s | The horse shook its mane. It’s ready. | The horse shook it’s mane. |
| Comma splice | The sun set, and we rode home. | The sun set, we rode home. |
| Run-on | Two sentences, or a comma + and/but. | Two complete ideas smashed together. |
Read the sentence out loud in your head. If it sounds like two sentences glued together, it probably is. Fix punctuation or add a joining word (and, but, so, because).