Some Quick Easy Editing Tips

Because these are things that everyone should know, and I have easy ways to remember them.

Grey vs. Gray

Although this is mostly a stylistic choice for a lot of people, there is actually a different. GrEy with an E is English/British. GrAy with an A is American. Because Americans are weird, man. We just are.

Effect vs. Affect

Affect with an A is an Action. Effect with an E is not. Therefore, affect is a verb; effect is a noun. (For the most part. Sometimes effect is a verb, but it means something totally different and 9 times out of 10 you're wanting to use affect anyway.)

Who vs. Whom

I like to use something I call the substitution trick here.

"Who has the ball?" "He has the ball." 

"To whom does the ball belong?" "The ball belongs to her."

If the answer to the who/whom question is him/her/me, then it's "whom." If the answer is he/she/I, then it's "who." Work in non-questions, too.

Susie Jones, who had the ball (she had the ball)...

Calvin Park, to whom the ball belonged (to him the ball belonged/the ball belonged to him)...

But most people just tend not to use "whom" at all because it can be pretentious.

So there you go! Quick, easy help. :)