69. Common Errors / Typical Mistakes (and their corrections),
69. Common Errors / Typical Mistakes (and their corrections)
Learn to avoid some really common errors, and fine-tune your English! This episode is about typical mistakes that learners of English make when they speak. Do you make any of these errors when you speak?
ERROR: I am agree
CORRECTION: I agree
ERROR: I said you something
CORRECTION: I told you something
E: Luke told that…
C: Luke told us that…
E: If I will…
C: If I go… I will…
E: If I would go…
C: If I went…
E: If I would have gone to university…
C: If I had gone to university
E: A present to someone
C: A present for someone
E: to buy a gift to someone
C: to buy a gift for someone
E: Let’s have a coffee to that cafe
C: Let’s have a coffee in that cafe
E: I am living here since/during 1 year
C: I have been living here for 1 year
E: a girl who she lives in Brazil
C: A girl who lives in Brazil
E: What do you do tonight?
C: What are you doing tonight?
E: Tonight I will go to the pub
C: Tonight I’m going to the pub
E: go to shopping
C: go shopping
E: almost people in my country
C: most of the people in my country / almost all of the people in my country / most people in my country
E: I explain you something
C: Let me explain something (to you)
E: I haven’t any moneyC: I don’t have any money / I haven’t got any money
E: some advices
C: Some advice / some pieces of advice
E: some informations
C: some information / some pieces of information
E: a new
C: Some news / a news story
E: question – /kestchun/
C: question – /kwestchun/
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