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Avoidable English errors Mistakes
Posted By:Hajas On 7/25/2007

 

Ten avoidable English errors Mistakes we make while speaking English

 

It is not only fresh graduates and non-English speakers who make grammatical mistakes. In fact, professionals in offices, including journalists, commit certain errors over and over again.

'Anyways', 'prepone' and 'cope up', all come to mind.

The problem is that many bloopers become accepted socially and feature in our day-to-day interactions. Every time someone copies an error without consulting a dictionary, the problem gets worse.


Wrong: He is a simpleton

People use this expression without knowing its meaning. 'Simpleton' does not mean 'simple'; it means 'idiot'.

Correct: He is a simple man.


Wrong: Each individual data tells a different story.

Data is the plural form for datum, a singular noun. Words ending with 'um' usually have an 'a' in the plural form: (stratum/strata)

Correct: Each individual datum tells a different story.


Wrong: He is one of those who performs well 

Even authors make this mistake. They see 'he' and immediately use the singular form. But, because 'he' is part of a group, you use the plural verb.

Correct: He is one of those who perform well


Wrong: I came an hour back.

When we indicate the past, instead of 'back', we must use 'ago'.

Correct: I came an hour ago.  


Wrong: She has went to the store.

Many people do not know the conjugation of English verbs. With the verb 'to go', the conjugation is: 'go, went, gone'. You say 'go' in the present, 'went' in the past, and 'gone' in the past participle. Past participle is used only with auxiliary verbs like 'have' or 'has'.

Correct: She has gone to the store.


Jayakumar Pillai
sent an additional five bloopers, including one you've got to read to believe!


Wrong: Peoples and childrens do not listen

People and children are plural by themselves. Do not add an 's' to either of these words.

Correct: People and children do not listen.


Wrong: Even after a laps of three months, I was still granted a visa.

The word here is 'lapse', to denote passage of time.  'Lap' means either the flat area between one's stomach and knees (the child slept on my lap) or the circuit of a track/race course (the event had total 12 laps, but he got out in the second lap itself).

Correct: Even after a lapse of three months, I was still granted a visa.


Wrong: Please speak politically

Wrong: The branch manager is out of order.

The customer service agent made both of these blunders in one call. She obviously meant:

Correct: Please speak politely.

Correct: The branch manager is out of office.


Wrong: He have no sense

'He' is singular, so the verb is singular as well, 'has'.

Correct: He has no sense.


Last but not the least, a letter forwarding a demand draft concludes: 'We shall appreciate if you will acknowledge safe receipt of this communication and settlement accordingly in due course.'

I don't even know where to begin. What I do know is that brevity is important.

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Some of the Inspiring Quotes which tell not to give up in life so you can learn something from these Quotes    
 
1) Never expect things to happen..
struggle and make them happen. 
never expect yourself to be given a good valuecreate a value of your own
 
2) If a drop of water falls in lake there is no identity.But if it falls on a leaf of lotus it shine like a pearl.so choose the best place where you would shine..
 
3) Falling down is not defeat...defeat is when your refuse to get up...
 
4) Ship is always safe at shore... but is is not built for it
 
5) When your successful your well wishers know who  you are when you are unsuccessful you know who your well wishers are
 
6) It is great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell  him/her
 
7)  "To the world you might be one person,
but  to one person you just might be the world
 
8) "Even the word 'IMPOSSIBLE' says 'I M POSSIBLE' "
 
9) Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your  life makes all the difference.
 
May ALLAH / God Bless You All,
 
Never take some one for granted,Hold every person Close to your Heart because you might wake up one day and realise that you have lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones." Remember this always in life.
 
 


 




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