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Title: What are some common errors?
Text: The common errors in word choice and parallelism often occur when the writer forfeits control of a first step in the writing process—choosing which word goes where.
Title: Why do common errors matter?
Text: Learning to recognize errors in word choice and parallelism is important because so much of your final product hinges on the words you choose. Words build sentences, and sentences build essays.
Title: Ways we deal with common errors.
Text: Errors in word choice typically happen when the writer overestimates or underestimates the expectations of her reader. Errors in parallelism can happen when the writer “checks out” from his writing and fails to listen to the effect his words have when they are linked together.