Management Subjects

Copyright by Andrew D. Miles, 2010

130 Common Mistakes in English

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Copyright by Andrew D. Miles, 2010

Mistakes

and

students

go

together.

Otherwise, pupils would be teachers. English –a language of few infallible rules– is fertile land for blunders, which I have been listening to and committing for years. One day I started to keep a list of the most common slips and ended up with around three hundred. After eliminating the least frequent I listed the remainder, which you’ll find below.

Even though I have strived to include the most common errors this list is arbitrary. I therefore apologise to those faults who feel their prevalence makes them belong here and to those who are in but consider themselves exceptional and would rather join another club.

This book has two parts. The first includes correct and incorrect examples. The second shows which ones are right.

Copyright by Andrew D. Miles, 2010

Part 1: Which one is wrong?

1. Accused of The man was accused of the murder. The man was accused with the murder. I work as an administrative at a co-operative. This is just an administrative problem. Greta agrees with you. Greta is agree with you. Only three people were alive after the accident. Only three people were live after the accident. We’ll meet on alternate Mondays. Today, on the 11th and on the 25th. We’ll meet on alternative Mondays. Today, on the 11th and on the 25th. Is this the only solution? Isn’t there an alternate option? Is this the only solution? Isn’t there an alternative option? The three boys divided the cake among themselves. The three boys divided the cake between themselves. He’s angry because he had an accident. He’s hungry...