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Common Grammar, and spelling Mistakes

R. MAK. — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:19:02 +0000

Effective written communication relies on correct grammar and spelling. Avoiding common misspellings and grammatical errors ensures that your writing is clear, precise, and comprehensible. Readers often do not notice good grammar because the text is easily understood and enjoyable to read, but they do notice confusing grammatical errors that force them to re-read text and fumble for the author’s meaning. Punctuation equally affects the readability of a text: a misplaced comma or apostrophe can change the meaning of a sentence, often in confusing ways. Correct grammar and spelling makes a positive impression on readers, which is particularly important in business and academic communications.

Common Errors: Common grammar and spelling errors explained; includes frequently confused words.
Grammar and Style Guide: Corrects common grammar errors and gives style suggestions.
Grammar and Usage Help: Handouts on commonly misspelled words, spelling hints, grammar and punctuation explanations, and other writing tips.
Punctuation, Syntax, Usage, and Style: A guide to grammar, usage, and style.

Spelling mistakes and typographical errors make written communication difficult to read and understand. Spelling errors in academic and business documents, such as resumes and letters, can make the document appear unprofessional. Using an automated spell-checker will catch many spelling mistakes, but not all. Hand-written texts, such as letters, cards, and some academic exams, must be written without the benefit of automatic spell-check and the writer must be equipped to check his own spelling. Familiarity with the following commonly misspelled words is useful for all writers.

Weird: Essential spelling rules, including an explanation of the rules governing “weird”. “Weird” is an exception to the rule that “i” generally comes before the “e”, except after a “c” or a long “-a” sound, such as “weigh”.
Definitely: Spelling rules for adverbs. To form an adverb, add “-ly” to the adjective, but do not drop a final “-e” from the adjective (the exception is “truly”). Definite + -ly = Definitely.
Acclaim: An explanation of why “acclaim” has a double consonant. “Acclaim” is the addition of a form of the Latin prefix “ad”, meaning “to”, to the root “clamare”, or “to shout”. Forms of “ad-” often result in double consonants.
Accidentally: Commonly misspelled words, including a way to remember “accidentally”. When adding the suffix “-ly” to an adjective to form an adverb, the final consonant is not dropped, even if it results in a double “ll”.
Consensus: Commonly misspelled words, including an explanation of how to spell “consensus”. “Consensus” comes from the same root as “consent”—consentire—but a different root from that of “census”, “censere”.
It’s: An explanation of possessives, including “it’s”. “It’s” is the contraction of “it is”, while “its” is a possessive.
Acceptable: A list of common misspellings and corrections, including “acceptable”. Another example of the “ac-” prefix producing a double consonant.
Spelling Quiz: A self-checking spelling quiz to improve your spelling of commonly misspelled words.

While automated spell-checkers catch many spelling mistakes, they cannot catch many errors in usage. Many word pairs have different but related meanings that commonly cause confusion. Writing “affect” for “effect” would be incorrect usage, but a spell-checker may miss the error because the word is spelled correctly. Homonyms, words that have the same pronunciation and may have different spellings, often are not caught by spell-checkers because both spellings are correct English words. Homophones, words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, are likewise not flagged as errors by spell-checkers. When typing quickly, the substitution of “pear” for “pare” may go unnoticed by the writer and not be flagged by the spell-checker. Learning the following common usage errors can help writers avoid mistakes.

Then, Than: An explanation of the difference in usage between “than” and “then”. “Then” is an adjective that refers to time: “First I ate breakfast and then I went to the store.” “Than” is a conjunction used in comparisons: “He is smarter than Justin”.
Lose, Loose: Explanations of common usage errors, including “lose” and “loose”. “Lose” is a verb pronounced with a “z” sound. “Lose” means to fail to win, to misplace an item, to fail to use, or to be deprived of something: We do not want to lose the game. “Loose” is used more commonly an adjective meaning unfastened or not attached, free, or not close-fitting: Mice loose in the house makes me nervous. As a verb, “loose” means “to set free” or “to let loose”.
Their, There, They’re: Common grammar and usage mistakes explained, including the difference between “their”, “there”, and “they’re”. “Their” is a possessive pronoun: Their car is blue. “There” is an adverb of location: The car is over there. “They’re” is a contraction of “they are”: They’re going to the movies tonight.
Your, You’re: Common usage errors, including an explanation of “your” and “you’re”. “Your” is a possessive pronoun: Your car is green. “You’re” is a contraction of “you are”: You’re a great swimmer.
Affect, Effect: A guide to the usage of “affect” and “effect”. “Affect” is a verb meaning to “alter or change”: Adding salt affects the taste of the soup. “Effect” is a noun meaning “a result, outcome, or consequence” of an action: Drowsiness is a common effect of listening to boring speeches.
Accept, Except: A list of commonly confused word pairs and explanations for correct usage, including “accept” and “except”. “Accept” is a verb that means “to receive, agree, assent to, or acknowledge”: I accept your offer. “Except” is a preposition that means “to exclude, leave out, take out, or omit”: Everyone except Carol is going to the movies.
Capital, Capitol: Definitions and practice sentences with “capital” and “capitol”. “Capital” as a noun means the seat of government, property or assets owned by a person or business, or an uppercase letter: The capital of New Jersey is Trenton. “Capitol” is the building in which a legislature meets: The capitol in Trenton was constructed in the late 18^th century.
Principle, Principal: Definitions of “principle” and “principal” and an explanation of their usage. “Principle” is a noun meaning a law, doctrine, assumption, or underlying faculty: The principles of liberty and justice are fundamental to our country. “Principal” may be a noun or an adjective. As a noun, it means “the most important”: The principal ingredient in bread is flour. As an adjective, it refers to the headmaster or mistress of a school or to the capital sum of money that earns interest or forms a debt: The principal left on the mortgage is $215,000.
Weather, Whether: An explanation of “weather” and “whether” and their usage. “Weather” is a noun that refers to atmospheric conditions: The weather today is sunny and warm. “Whether” is a conjunction that introduces an indirect question, usually related to a choice or possibility: He wondered whether to stay or go.
To, Too, Two: A printable explanation of the homophones “to”, “too”, and “two”. “To” is a preposition used to indicate movement toward a person, place, or thing, an addition to something, or to indicate direction: Let’s go to the store. “Too” means “excessively” or “more than enough”: That necklace was too expensive for me. “Two” refers to the number: Jane has two dogs but I only have one.
Lay, Lie: An explanation of “lay” versus “lie”. “Lie” is an intransitive verb that means “to assume a horizontal position” or “to recline”: I want to lie down now. “Lay” is a transitive verb that means “to set something down”: Lay your jacket on the bed.
Could have, would have, should have: Explanation of “could”, “would”, and “should” and how to use them properly. “Could”, “would”, and “should” are the past tense forms of the auxiliary verbs “will”, “shall”, and “can”. It is correct to say “I should have eaten breakfast this morning”, not “I should of eaten breakfast”. Never use the phrases “could of”, “would of,” “should of”.
A lot: The correct spelling of “a lot”, which is not “alot”. “A lot”, meaning “many” or “a large amount or number”, is an informal expression that should be written as two words.

A properly formed sentence is the basic building block of effective, clear writing. Sentences must have a subject and a predicate. The subject is a noun or pronoun that performs an action. To identify the subject of a sentence, identify who did the action. In the sentence “Andrea buys three oranges”, “Andrea” is the subject. The predicate is introduced by a verb. The verb indicates action, occurrence, or existence. In the previous example, “buys” is the verb. The subject and the verb must agree in number. The sentence “Andrea buy three oranges” is incorrect because the subject is the third person singular but the verb is not. In addition to sentence fragments, writers should avoid run-on sentences. Run-ons contain more than one sentence without proper punctuation. The example “Andrea is a great teacher, she buys three oranges” is incorrect because the writer uses commas to join two complete and unrelated sentences instead of separating them with a period.

Writing Complete Sentences: A brief guide to writing grammatically correct sentences.
Commas: A guide to the grammatically appropriate use of commas.
Sentence Fragments: How to recognize and correct sentence fragments.
Run-on Sentences: How to recognize and avoid run-on sentences.
Apostrophes: The function and usage of apostrophes.
Sentences and Coordinating Conjunctions: Rules for the use of conjunctions, such as “and” and “but” and for their use within sentences.

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Some More Mistakes, Fixed!

R. MAK. — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:18:33 +0000

As you know, Few weeks back, we lost 3 days worth of data. We tried very hard to restore order to the chaos that ensued from it. We succeeded in getting back 99% of all data and financial transactions. However, to Err is human and we are no exception.

Just Few hours back, our support team was contacted by one of our most valued writer, Mr. Ali from Lahore. He provided us with some article IDs and transaction IDs, where payments in DEP account were posted at a zero value without a matching transaction ID anywhere in the his account. (Basically we were getting his articles for free )

We made an immediate inquiry into the matter and found out that there were 28 total transactions spread over 9 accounts. Problem arised due to human error during restoring of our database. Here is a complete list of DEP accounts that were affected and the number of articles involved. We are sorry for the trouble it caused.

However, We have now fixed it and Money is now added back to these accounts.

DEP User	No of Articles Affected
Mussarat	9
amna786	7
asg572	4
syed.qamar	2
xulfi572	2
allie24	1
sajju	1
shafay	1
sidsaim	1
Total	28

Total amount involved was just 2240/- Rs. PKR. It is quit a petty amount in over all context. But at DEP, We know that each Rupee you earn is earned hard and it is most valuable to you. We respect that and, as its custodians, we always were and will remain accountable to you for every penny of it.

Your Trust and Confidence is Our Most Valuable Asset. We strive to be as transparent as we can and will keep you updated on our efforts, mess ups and what ever. No matter how embarrassing it is for us. You can see our record, we never make the same mistake again (we find new ones :p)

If anyone can still find some problem with their DEP account, please step ahead and talk to us about that. we will find a way to resolve it as quickly as possible.

By the way, Our editorial team is ready and waiting for all the work you can throw at them. Start writing again and make all the money you can. I assure you that there will be no delay in approvals this month.

Payment to Content Writers Sent Via Check

R. MAK. — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:39:25 +0000

For all those writers who have 1000 Rs or more in their DEP account Balances, a check has been mailed today using ordinary mail service of Pakistan Post office. All checks are Payees Account Only and were dispatched to Writer’s current address on file.

You should get these checks before 10th of March. If by 15th of March you do not receive your check, you can request for a re-issue to our customer support. We will mail a replacement check immediately.

No Easy Paisa Anymore

Payments were not made thru Telenor Easy this month because their transaction costs are prohibitively high and we have maxed out our Yearly limit of transactions as prescribed by State Bank of Pakistan.

Smoother Operations and Higher Payout

We would like to thank you for your support and are happy to announce that our per article Rates are All time high & our operations are back to normal. All articles submitted by writers are being processed withing reasonable time and there are hardly 50 -70 articles pending processing in our system at any given time. A big thumbs up for our editorial team. Kudos..

The Tale of Two Servers & Lessons Learned…

R. MAK. — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:47:21 +0000

On the eve of 13th March, 2012. Team DEP finished Each and every article in the Que, there was almost nothing pending their attention. Over 700 articles were processed during that night and everyone was happy for their share of hard work. But they never knew what fate had in store for them. Later that night, suddenly hard disks of our main server crashed followed by another crash of the backup server.

Inspedium Hosting , which was our primary host for most of our websites went completely under. None of the unfortunate websites hosted with them was alive. all dead. All the data was lost. All they could come back to us was with a backup taken by them dated back in september 2011.

Unfortunately, we took our last backup on 9th March… we take weekly backups & suddenly that was not enough This was our lesson No 1.

After quickly restoring DEP on another of our dedicated servers now hosted with HostGator. we painfully waited for DNS to propogate and that takes around 72 hours. Meanwhile , we tried to mine our office hard drives , emails and notepads to make sure that all financial transactions happened during that period can be restored.

Good News is that all of the articles along with their financial information was found and quickly restored. Bad news is that everything else.. dates, approvals, rejection reasons etc. was lost for the 3 days.

We have thus decided to move on. the team is back at work. trying to recover from the situation. Your help and patience is what we are counting on. Check your dashboards. if you see something way out of common sense. please email us urgently. we will try to rectify it as soon as possible.

One more thing, we have closed down our Promotion Module. we are working on its replacement. We will notify you as soon as something worth communicating comes up.

I just finished restoring this blog from Google’s Cache(we did not backup our own blog = Lesson 2). Comments before december 2011 are lost however.

I hope you will appreciate our openness and forgive our unforgivable sin of all.. loosing data. we are sorry about that and will try to make it up to you with some really good news soon.

Last lesson for me personally is that there is no such thing as too many backups. We should have a backup of everything. then backup of backups & then their backup… We should have a hosting company of our own too. A really good and reliable one….

How to Get Your Articles Approved Faster

Q.AB — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:00:48 +0000

Writing for blogs is same as writing for the print media but it’s little difficult for the readers to read on screen. It’s up to you to write your content in such manner that it becomes easier for the readers to read it! But here on DEP its easier for a writer to write an article. Because source article is provided and the writer only has to re-write it. Source article is provided to save the writer’s time for searching on particular topic.

Basic Step for Re-Writing an Article

First of all when you select an article from quick pool, read it thoroughly so that you can understand the topic. This will take only 5 to 7 minutes of yours. When you will understand the source article it will become lot easier for you to suggest an alternate title for it. Make a plan in mind about re-writing the article.

Paragraph to Paragraph Reading

While re-writing the article do read the source article paragraph to paragraph like this you will re-write it step by step and paragraph to paragraph. This will also help you not be out of the topic and continuity of the topic will not be broken.

Stick with Keywords

Keywords are essential for success of an article. When you choose any topic such as “car insurance for teenagers” in this topic the certain keywords are “car insurance, car insurance for teenagers, car insurance under 21 years of age”. Keywords are the words which people use to search for information on search engines. That’s why its essential to stick with keywords so that more readers can search out your article while online searching.

Don’t Provide the Hint Give Thorough Information

To write a good article the writer must have to provide the thorough information regarding the topic. Keep in mind as you are communicating with the reader. This thing will lead you to write in more specific manner which will result a good article outcome.

Make Your Article Conversational

There is a “personal” aspect to web-based content which is not found in print media. As people see your article on the Personal Computers on which they work also. So make your article conversational as you are addressing them. This will bring a friendlier aspect in your article but be sure the article is written in such manner that its easy to read and have flow of words.

Tips to Get You Article Quickly Approved

There are certain things if a writer follow then he/she can get article approved quickly. Because of huge submissions editors are not finding time to correct the minor mistakes so as a result they have to reject the article on first mistake they find. On average our Editors spend 3 minutes to 5 minutes on an article. If rejected, an article jumps back to the writer who already had spent time in writing it. When writer submits it back the article goes to pending articles. This again takes long time to be checked again by another editor. Average que time for an article these days is 300 Hours. We are working hard to reduce it to 72 hours but you have to cooperate with us for that. Here are certain steps for the writers to follow them for quick approval of the article:

1. Title

Always suggest an alternate title to your article. The title must contain the main keywords and should have to match the article which you had written.

2. Formatting

The content of the article should have to be justified. Written in proper format and subheadings should have to be in Heading 3 format. When writer will submit the article in proper format it will be easier for editor to read it and approve it quickly without wasting any time.

3. Excerpt

Excerpt of the article has to be short and should contain the keywords. Usually an excerpt from 40 to 60 words is enough for an article. Excerpt is a short summary or main idea of your article. In excerpt you describe the article’s main idea. It’s same as movies trailers are launched before the release. In simple words excerpt is trailer of your article.

4. Grammar & Punctuation

The writer must be having good grammar as the articles are for the US readers. So writer must have to take care of the grammar and punctuation.

5. Always Read Your Article before Submitting

Always read your article before submitting it! When you finish re-writing the article then read it your self so that minor mistakes like spelling or mistyped words can be corrected right away. This will save you a lot of time and time of the editors is also saved. He is more likely to approve your articles more quickly.

6. Copied Content

Copied content is strictly prohibited; do copy the idea, but not the words. Copied content will lead your article to quick rejection and it will impact your other articles too. You will be subject to summary rejections by all editors without any hesitation. Best idea is to read the source article and re-write the concept in your own words.

Bottom Line

Follow the above mentioned guidelines and save your time to get your articles approved quickly. This will lead to your article get publish quickly and you will get the money added to your accounts quickly also!

Payment for Feb 2012 Issued Early

R. MAK. — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:14:26 +0000

Payment for feb-2012 has been issued early this month. please use the usual passcode 12345 for easy paisa transactions.

Important thing to note is that from this month forward, DEP will not be paying transaction charges for easypaisa payments. Writers are requested to get an account in UBL or Meezan Bank. Or they should acquire a UBL prepaid Visa Card(available free from any UBL branch).

we will be sending Checks / Doing online transfers from next month for all payments above 3000 Rs. For payments below 3000 Rs and above 1000 Rs. we will still send via easy paisa but transaction charges will be deducted.

Payments For December 2011 Issued

R. MAK. — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:06:03 +0000

Everyone, who has more than 1000/- Rs. balance in their dep account has been sent a payment via easy paisa. Since we are operating on a net loss last year, there was no bonus given to anyone including writers and editors.

Hopefully January 2012 brings some new clients and more business opportunities for all of us.

Team Sutlej: Staff Required for Bahawalpur Office

R. MAK. — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:58:58 +0000

Sutlej Solutions (http://www.sutlej.net/) is Mother company of Data Entry Pakistan. A new office is being planned in Bahawalpur. Hiring is in progress for the new office.

Sutlej Solution urgently requires Content Writers / Bloggers with Exceptional Level of English grammar and Composition skills. Your work will include Article Writing, Press Releases, Forums, Blogs, SEO based Content, Marketing Material.

Experience & Details:

Experience is good but not necessary. All you need is good grasp on language, everything else can be taught at work.
Salary range is 10,000 to 35,000 depending upon your level of expertise and time you can put in.
work from home is optional for candidates with laptop and good internet connections.

How to Apply:

Please send CV at: mansoor@sutlej.net or call 0333-3414999 during reasonable hours.

PS: Only residents of Distt. Bahawalpur and Lodhran can apply

We are Back! & Payment is in Progress

R. MAK. — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:37:28 +0000

We are happy to inform that we are back in business. We are thankful for your patience and support and trust during the brief outage. Payments are in progress.

In first phase, Your current balances in DEP( if above 1000 Rs) are being payed to you via easypaisa as you read these lines. An SMS will notify you of your payment details in few minutes.

Next we will be paying out all those accounts where balances are below 1000 Rs. via mobile top-up or scratch cards. Each and every account will be paid in full by end of this month as we promised.

Future of DEP

As of 1st November 2011, DEP is no longer an open/free for all community. It will be a closed /invitation-only club of online workers.All current members will be able to keep basic membership of the site with limited access to site features.

For people who are interested in making some serious money, we will be inviting them to join Premium and Elite Classes of memberships. Each class has its own unique set of income generating opportunities. Paid members will have full access to one dedicated personal Accounts Manager who will ensure that your projects are on right track and any problems with client or DEP team are dealt with in a effective and timely manner. Our staff will guide you on every aspect of making money through DEP. Full details of benefits / features will be announced here shortly.

Membership fees are very nominal. One thousand Rupee per month for Premium and three thousand Rupees per month for Elite Club. Membership offer comes with a money back guarantee. if you remain an active member but failed to make at least the amount you paid to become a member, all of your money will be returned to you, no questions asked.

Membership fees are paid annually and are subject to DEP terms and conditions. we will soon be updating our website with complete terms and conditions and payment methods.

Some new ways of making money on DEP

Catchapa Work
Ad Pasting Jobs
Affiliate Marketing
Article Marketing
Link building Projects
Social bookmarking Projects
Directory Submission
Data Entry / Key Punching Projects
Audio to Text Transcription Projects

So, what do you think? We would like to hear from you. Please leave a comment below.

Suspension of Pakistan Operations Till Further Notice

R. MAK. — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:09:18 +0000

We are very sorry to inform you that Data Entry Pakistan will be suspending its Pakistan operations till further notice.

Neither are we running away with your money Nor we are closing our website/ business. Suspension simple means that..

No new work will be available and we expect that all your current work in progress should be completed/ approved / processed by October 15th

Your DEP Account balances will be completely paid out as they will be on 1st Nov, 2011.

DEP system will remain to be available online and all your account information will be safe with us.

Once again please rest assured that everyone will be paid. so do not panic.

We will be back soon with a new business model and software and will also keep you updated on any future plans. so keep checking these pages for an update.