The Top 10 Most Common Writing Mistakes Ask Dr. Diane: What are
the most common writing mistakes that your students make? While
it is not unusual to see spelling and grammar issues, I’ll
assume that readers realize that they should check for such
things and just list the top 10 most common other issues I see
here. I hope this posting will give some insight into how to set
up your papers so that you can avoid making these common
mistakes. - Papers not set up with double-spacing - To set your
paper to be double-spaced, be sure you are on the home tab in
Word and go to the paragraph section of the tool bar. There is
an up and down arrow icon that you can click on. When you do
this, it will give you choices of how to set up your spacing.
Pick 2.0 to set double-spacing. - Papers should not have an
extra space between paragraphs - Remember that papers must be
double-spaced throughout in APA. Word sometimes defaults with an
extra space between paragraphs. To change this, click here. -
Papers must have headers/number