List of Common English Errors in Everyday Situations WRONG: “Please SWITCH your mobile phone to silent mode.” RIGHT: “Please PUT your mobile phone on silent mode.” WRONG: “Children, please OFF the lights when you leave the room.” RIGHT: ” … Please SWITCH OFF the lights …” WRONG: “I will APPRECIATE if you can keep your voice down.” RIGHT: “I will APPRECIATE IT if you can keep your voice down.” or “I will appreciate your keeping your voice down.” (EXPLANATION: The word “appreciate” must be followed by an object.) WRONG: “He is late. MUST BE he overslept or missed the bus.” RIGHT: “… IT MUST BE THAT he overslept or missed the bus.” or “… He MUST HAVE overslept or missed the bus.” WRONG: “LAST TIME we lived in a kampong house.” RIGHT: “PREVIOUSLY, we lived in a kampong house.” or “We USED TO live in a kampong house.” WRONG: “It may rain this afternoon. You GOT bring umbrella OR NOT?” RIGHT: ” … DID YOU bring an umbrella!” WRONG: “From the way he speaks, I would consider him AS a snob.” RIGHT: Drop the word “AS”. WRONG: “You BETTER apologise to him as he is really mad.” RIGHT: “IT WILL BE GOOD if you apologise…” WRONG: “Sorry, I am really busy with work right now. Can we discuss tomorrow?” RIGHT: ” … Can we discuss IT tomorrow?” WRONG: “You ONLY JUST found out about the sale? Today is the last day.” RIGHT: “You found out ONLY NOW about the sale? …” WRONG: “I used to love durians, but NOT SO MUCH nowadays.” RIGHT: ” … but LESS SO nowadays, WRONG: ” The Japanese numbers game sudoku is very popular among the staff of my office. MYSELF, I took it up a year ago.” COMMENT: Drop “myself”. WRONG: “No idea.” RIGHT: “I don’t know.”
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 04:19:10 +0000
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