Welcome to the "Effective Writing Skills" video course meant to help learners transform their business writing into professional, accurate, and meaningful correspondence. This video lesson, "Common Word Usage Errors," is the sixth of eighteen. From this lesson, viewers will learn about unnecessary words that are often mistakenly included in writing, as well as incorrect preposition usage and confusing word placement. Learners will also become familiar with frequently misused words, such as “never,” and ineffectual or inaccurate phrases, such as “lot of” or “should of.”