Thursday, March 5, 2020

Learn From Other People's Mistakes




There is a saying that goes " A wise man learns from his mistakes and an even wiser man learns from other people's mistakes".  There is also some quote somewhere that the price for knowing  proper  grammar is hearing people who don't.   Yet another saying that goes when life sends you lemons , make lemonade. Well since you are visiting this blog I assume you want  to learn proper grammar I am giving you that opportunity to learn it from other people's mistakes.  I promise you I did not get this list from students but from people who profess to be better than students. Identifying some of the mistakes will just tire me, so please contact me directly if any of these gaffes pique your interest. A lot of them are subject/ verb agreement and preposition mistakes. An excellent reference for preposition usage is here. I guarantee you that I will get enough ammunition for Vol.2




  • Did you receive a gifts ? 
  • there was a few traffic 
  • " how about the equipments? "
  • "how did you met your husband? "
  • "what kind  of snack did you bought?? "
  • "tea brewed in a 'kittle ' " 
  • "I didn't able to read it. "
  • talking to the road ( instead of about) 
  •  You can ask another questions 
  • What is your favorite sports?
  • Do  you want to be a professional soccer players in the future? 
  • Did you do all your homeworks? 
  • You have made a lot of shopping.  
  • thank you very much for all that informations
  • did you ate dinner ? 
  • I have a big hair 
  • a competitive swimming 
  • is there a lot of people that knows  ________ (name of sport) 
  • I will hear a good news from you that you will be able to do a sports. 
  • You have a good speaking skills 
  • are there any Jollibee restaurants there in the Japan 
  • Use it into a sentence 
  • Have you been  to another countries  ? 
  • Much worser
  • I was admitted on the hospital 
  • underwears 
  • You will pay expensive if you stay longer 
  • You have a long hair 
  • When you took picture you also edit ?
  • Maybe you also feel boring 
  • We can get a high cost of electricity 
  • "insurances "( correct is insurance policies) 
  • Did you have colds? 
  • "advices "
  • "datas from  your graph "
  • It's a fake news 


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