common mistakes while speaking English : Adrobook

Mistakes are done by everyone and we do mistakes while speaking in English and each and every individual is having their own ways of expressing and people who starts learning English will make mistakes along the way.

Yes, it happens with everyone even when I’m leaning English I used to make lots of mistakes where my friends are making fun of mine but taking it as a learning experience I have started learning English, so don’t ever mind in making mistakes.

Here are some of the suggestions and mistakes that are done in our day to day conversations:

Much, more, less

Here are some nouns which occur only in singular form

Incorrect way: there is much dusts, there is more encourages, she had less funs

Correct way: there is much dust, there is more courage, she had less fun

Less, fewer

These are countable nouns

Incorrect: there were less people left in town

Correct: there are few people left in town

Possession shared by two nouns

Incorrect: it was pretty’s and shinny’s home

Correct: it was pretty and shinny’s home

Me/I

Incorrect: give it to I, Ravi and me took the class. He writes as well as me

Correct: give it to me. Ravi and I took the class. He writes as well as I

Linking verbs take the adjective form

Incorrect: the corn smells badly. I felt badly

Correct:  the corn smells bad. I felt bad

Adverbs with “ly”:

Incorrect: he spoke to her quiet. She shouted as loud as the rest of the people

Correct: he spoke to her quietly. She shouted as loudly as the rest of the people

Subject/verb agreement:

Incorrect: one of the buses are late. Each of the bicycles are fast

Correct:  one of the buses is late. Each of the bicycles are fast.

Plurals and correct verbs:

Incorrect: the wages is little. The scissors are broken. The people is coming

Correct: the wages are little. The scissors is broken. The people are coming.

Any other

Incorrect: Andhra Pradesh is bigger than any other states in India

Correct: Andhra Pradesh is bigger than any other state in India.

Parallelism and verb agreement:

Incorrect: he learned to play cricket, to swim and sail

Correct: he learned to play cricket, to swim and to sail

An/a:

Incorrect: it is a old radio set, but still works. It is an costly purchase

Correct; it is an old radio set, but still works. It is a costly purchase.

Among/ between:

Incorrect: she could not decide among the two things

Correct: she could not decide between the two things

Bring:

Incorrect: she will take the book to his friends

Correct: she will bring the book to his friends

Deadly:

Incorrect: a cockroach sting can be deathly

Correct: a cockroach sting can be deadly

Hardly/ barely/ scarcely:

Incorrect: he was not hardly finished the work

Correct: he was hardly finished the work.

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