Common mistakes

University-related:

Use the term Quadrangle not Main Quadrangle – we only have one.
Check the spelling of building names. Commonly misspelt names include MacLaurin Hall, Edgeworth David, Merewether, Storie Dixon, Heydon-Laurence and John Woolley.
Use international (lower case ‘i’) students not International students.

General examples:

a/an – ‘a’ is used before words that start with a consonant sound, including some that start with the letter h (hotel, historic). ‘An’ preceeds words that start with a vowel sound.
its is the possessive pronoun; it’s is a shortened version of ‘it is’
among not amongst in almost all cases
barbecue not barbeque
enrol, enrolment, enrolling and enrolled, not variations of same
disinterested means unbiased while uninterested means indifferent
complimentary means free or flattering while complementary means completing