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Common Mistakes in English Vocabulary
Posted Date: 17 Feb 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: Placement Papers
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Posted By: Ramkumar Member Level: Diamond
Rating:  Points: 5
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Here is a list of some common English language sentence errors
that we, in our daily lives, make:
Incorrect: It was so late there was no taxi.
Correct: It was so late that there was no taxi available.
Incorrect: It's seven twenty o'clock.
Correct: It's seven twenty.
Incorrect: Your coat is broken.
Correct: Your coat is torn.
Incorrect: Let me help you todo your work.
Correct: Let me help you with your work.
Incorrect: Susan didn't make a fault anyway.
Correct: Susan didn't make a mistake anyway.
Incorrect: May I borrow your phone.
Correct: May I use your phone.
Incorrect: Would you mind posting this letter for me? Yes, certainly.
Correct: Would you mind posting this letter for me? Of course not.
Incorrect: He becomes better.
Correct He got better.
Incorrect: We'll have a hearing test tomorrow.
Correct: We'll have a listening test tomorrow.
Incorrect: I recommend you to take a long vacation.
Correct:: I recommend that you take a long vacation.
Incorrect: The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's about eleven now, Hurry up!
Correct” The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's nearly eleven now, Hurry up!
Incorrect: It was still bright outside.
Correct: It was still light outside.
Incorrect: The hall can seat two hundred people.
Correct: The hall seats two hundred people.
Incorrect: Anywhere will do.
Correct: Any place will do.
Incorrect: He is much interested in things Chinese.
Correct: He is very interested in Chinese things.
Incorrect: Wait here please, I'll come back in a minute.
Correct: Wait here please, I'll be back in a minute.
Incorrect: I am uncomfortable.
Correct: I don't feel well.
Incorrect: Come to here.
Correct: Come here.
Incorrect: Common students in US don't wear a uniform.
Correct: The average students in US don't wear a uniform.
Incorrect: Who cooked this salad?
Correct: Who made this salad?
Incorrect: His restaurant attracts lots of customers.
Correct: His restaurant attracts lots of guests.
Incorrect: My friend Tony died in a traffic accident.
Correct: My friend Tony was killed in a traffic accident.
Incorrect: Different from me, she is proficient in English.
Correct: Unlike me, she is proficient in English.
Incorrect: Little children are difficult to understand that.
Correct: It is difficult for children to understand that.
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