Everyone has writing weaknesses and pet peeves. I certainly have mine. Little bad habits add up, irritate, and detract from writing effectiveness.
When you've finished a draft, go back and read what you've written. Make sure that you've used the most appropriate conjunction and most appropriate preposition.
Better yet, ask yourself if an adjectival prepositional phrase might not be clearer as a plain old adjective located closer to the word it modifies.
Keep a dictionary around, a thesaurus, a grammar book (I keep St. Martin's), the stylebook with which you are working, and last, a copy of "Strunk and White's "Elements of Style." I also have a copy of Bartlett's quotations close at hand.
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