It\u2019s there.<\/a>)<\/p>\n3<\/strong>\u00a0I eat lesser than 2 meals a day. (Correct sentence: I eat fewer than 2 meals a day). For countable nouns use few\/fewer.<\/p>\n4<\/strong> People doesn\u2019t take me seriously ( Correct sentence: People don\u2019t take me seriously)<\/p>\n5<\/strong> She\u2019s lived in this neighborhood longer then I have (Correct sentence:\u00a0 She\u2019s lived in this neighborhood longer than I have.) Then is used as a time expression whereas Than is used for comparison.<\/p>\n6<\/strong> Hey! You\u2019re new car is amazing.\u00a0 (Correct sentence: Hey! Your new car is amazing.) Your is a possessive pronoun whereas you\u2019re a contraction of you are.<\/p>\n7 <\/strong> He teaches in an university. (Correct sentence: He teaches in a university.)<\/p>\n8 <\/strong> A hair drier can do much more than drying and styling your hair. (Correct sentence: A hair dryer can do much more than drying and styling your hair.) Dryer is the tool that makes things drier.<\/p>\n9 <\/strong> Miners\u2019 bodies bought to surface at a mine in Welkom. (Correct sentence: Miners\u2019 bodies brought to surface at a mine in Welkom.) Bought is past tense form of buy and Brought is the past tense of bring.<\/p>\n10<\/strong> A thief is on the lose in the neighborhood. (Correct sentence: A thief is on the loose in the neighborhood.) Many people write loose when they mean lose. Loose when used as an adjective may mean not tight like loose trousers, lacking a sense of restraint like loose tongue, having escaped like criminals on the loose in the area etc. Lose is related to loss as in loss of a game, loss of weight etc.<\/p>\n11<\/strong> How the new rules effect you? (Correct sentence: How the new rules affect you?)<\/p>\n12<\/strong> Can you here me? (Correct sentence: Can you hear me?) Hear refers to the act of hearing and is always a verb whereas Here refers to the place where you are.<\/p>\n13<\/strong>The queue is four adults only. (Correct sentence: The queue is for adults only.) Four= 4 (3+1). Whereas For is the preposition to refer \u201cappropriate to; intended for\u201d.<\/p>\n14<\/strong> Who is prejudiced to atheists? (Correct sentence: Who is prejudiced against atheists?)Remember\u2013 The word Prejudice is always followed by the preposition Against.<\/p>\n15<\/strong> I have not seen him since a long time. (Correct sentence: I have not seen him for a long time.) When reckoning from a specified date we use Since but for an unspecified period of time we always use For.<\/p>\n16<\/strong>He sat in a table. (Correct sentence: He sat on a table.) When something clearly means on top of something then use ON.<\/p>\n17<\/strong> I do not need your advise. (Correct sentence: I do not need your advice.) The two words: Advise and Advice are often mixed up. While using the words remember that Advise is a verb which means \u201cgive advise to\u201d and Advice is used as a noun.<\/p>\n18<\/strong> She was junior than me. (Correct sentence: She was junior to me.) Superlatives like junior, senior, superior and inferior are followed by To and not Than.<\/p>\n19<\/strong>We makes our own destiny. (Correct sentence: We make our own destiny.) If the subject is I, you, we or they then do not add an -s to the verb.<\/p>\n20<\/strong> Rita look like her mother. (Correct sentence: Rita looks like her mother.) If the subject is a singular noun then add an \u2013s to the verb.<\/p>\n21<\/strong> My sisters sings beautifully. (Correct sentence: My sisters sing beautifully.) If the subject is plural then the verb is singular. And here the subject is not My but Sisters.<\/p>\n22<\/strong> Childrens are beautiful. (Correct sentence: Children are beautiful.) Children is a plural form of child and thus the word does not require an \u2013r.<\/p>\n23<\/strong> The robbers were cot about an hour after the robbery took place. (Correct Sentence: The robbers were caught about an hour after the robbery took place.) Cot usually refers to a bed whereas caught is the past tense of catch.<\/p>\n24<\/strong> I like funny peoples. (Correct sentence: I like funny people.) People is a plural form of person and thus it does not require an \u2013s. However, there is a rare usage of the word Peoples which refers to \u201cthe\u00a0 entire\u00a0 body\u00a0 of\u00a0 persons\u00a0 who\u00a0 constitute\u00a0 a\u00a0 community\u00a0 or\u00a0 other\u00a0 group\u00a0 by\u00a0 virtue\u00a0 of\u00a0 a\u00a0 common\u00a0 culture,\u00a0 history,\u00a0 etc.,\u201d<\/p>\n25<\/strong> Her families approval for the marriage is very important. (Correct sentence: Her family\u2019s approval for the marriage is very important.) Families is the singular form of family and family\u2019s indicates the possessive form.<\/p>\n26<\/strong> He eight a lot of candies yesterday. (Correct sentence: He ate a lot of candies yesterday.) Eight is a cardinal number that comes after seven and ate implies the past tense of eat.<\/p>\n27<\/strong> I don\u2019t want to eat chocolates, beside, I don\u2019t like chocolates. (Correct Sentence: I don\u2019t want to eat chocolates, besides, I don\u2019t like chocolates.)\u00a0 Here use besides (which refers to \u201cBTW\u201d or \u201cin addition to\u201d) or else the meaning changes. Whereas beside refers to \u201cnext to\u201d as in the shop is beside Ryan\u2019s house.<\/p>\n28<\/strong> I hope everybody are OK. (Correct Sentence: I hope everybody is OK.) To avoid any confusion just break up the word \u201cevery\u201d +\u201dbody\u201d. \u201c Body\u201d is singular noun so you must use \u201cis\u201d .<\/p>\n29<\/strong> I have a temperature. My reply would be \u201cSo, what? Everyone has a temperature.\u201d \u00a0The correct sentence to be used in case you\u2019re feeling feverish is \u201cI have a high temperature.\u201d<\/p>\n30<\/strong> If I was you, I would ask her. (Correct Sentence: If I were you, I would ask her). After \u201cif\u201d we usually use the subjunctive \u201cwere\u201d instead of “was”.<\/p>\n31<\/strong> He followed the instructions to the alphabet. (Correct Sentence: He followed the instructions to the letter.)<\/p>\nWell, there are\u00a0 many more! I know \ud83d\ude09 So, why don’t you help me make this list an exhaustive one ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I\u2019ve put together a list of 31 common mistakes that writers hate to commit (but they do): 1 Their going to visit Church today.(Correct sentence: They\u2019re going to visit Church today.) 2 Its there. (Correct sentence: It\u2019s there.) 3\u00a0I eat lesser than 2 meals a day. (Correct sentence: I eat fewer than 2 meals a day). For countable nouns use<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,153],"tags":[156,75,155,154,125,157],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-content-writing","category-english-dos-and-donts","tag-ate-and-eight","tag-confusing-words","tag-cot-and-caught","tag-grammar-mistakes","tag-its","tag-were-vs-was"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1250,"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/1250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meabhi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}