Most Annoying Grammar Mistakes in English

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1. Third conditional "If I would have known about the party, I would have gone to it." This is INCORRECT, although commonly used, especially in American English. The correct form is: If + had + past participle, would + have + past participle * "If I had known about the party, I would have gone." This is CORRECT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Don't vs Doesn’t "He don’t care about me anymore." This is INCORRECT. Doesn't, does not, or does are used with the third person singular - words like he, she, and it. Don't, do not, or do are used for other subjects. * "He doesn’t care about me anymore." This is CORRECT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Bring vs Take "When we go to the party on Saturday, let’s bring a bottle of juice." This is INCORRECT. When you are viewing the movement of something from the point of arrival, use “bring”: * "When you come to the party, please bring a bottle of juice." This is CORRECT. When you are viewing the movement of something from the point of departure, use “take”: * "When we go to the party, let’s take a bottle of juice." This is CORRECT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Fewer vs Less Sign at the checkout of a supermarket: “Ten items or less”. This is INCORRECT. You can count the items, so you need to use the number word “fewer”. These nouns are countable. * "Ten items or fewer." This is CORRECT. If you can’t count the substance, then you should use “less”. These nouns are uncountable. * "You should eat less meat." This is CORRECT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. However "We were supposed to go to the dance last night, however, it was cancelled because of lack of interest." This is INCORRECT. A semicolon, rather than a comma, should be used to link these two complete sentences: * "We were supposed to go to the dance last night; however, it was cancelled because of lack of interest." This is CORRECT. It should be noted that there ARE situations in which you can use a comma instead of a semi-colon: * "The match at Wimbledon, however, continued despite the bad weather." This is CORRECT. There is only one complete sentence in this example. It is not a compound sentence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Have vs Of "I never would of thought that he’d behave like that." This is INCORRECT. It should be would have: * "I never would have/would’ve thought that he’d behave like that." This is CORRECT. It’s the same for should and could: "He should of come with me." This is INCORRECT. * "He should have/should’ve come with me." This is CORRECT. "She could of had anything she wanted." This is INCORRECT. * "She could have had anything she wanted." This is CORRECT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Double negative "I'm not speaking to nobody in this class." This is INCORRECT. Since 'not' is a negative, you cannot use 'nobody' in this sentence: * "I'm not speaking to anybody in this class." This is CORRECT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Present perfect "He has took the train." This is INCORRECT. The correct form for the present perfect is: would + have + past participle * "He has taken the train." This is CORRECT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Went vs Gone "I should have went to school yesterday." This is INCORRECT. The correct form is: should + have + past participle * "I should have gone to school yesterday." This is CORRECT. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Its vs It's "Its going to be sunny tomorrow." This is INCORRECT. It’s is the contraction of It is: * "It’s going to be sunny tomorrow." This is CORRECT. "What’s that? I can’t remember it’s name." This is INCORRECT. Its is a possessive pronoun that modifies a noun: * "What’s that? I can’t remember its name." This is CORRECT.

 

 

[Asool]

Thank you Eman I am pleased to be the first one to reply .. most of what you have said actually is very common in Amercian conversations. I hear that all the time although it is ungrammatical

 

 

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You're most welcome, Asool I'm glad you find it interesting , and useful, of course

 

 

[HaJeR]

Thanks Emmy useful addition

 

 

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[Mada]

wow amon thank you wallah this is very useful we need it INDEED