...
FROM THE BEGINNING OF TIME
Stephen Hawking writes about the beginning of time, but few other people do. People who
write "from the beginning of time" or "since time began" ... denigrating others. The word was then broadened to cover an exaggerated
belief in the superiority of one's own kind in other respects. Following this pattern, feminists
in the 1970s invented ... minister to someone by administering first aid. Note how the "ad" in "administer
resembles "aid" in order to remember the correct form of the latter phrase. "Minister"...
... CommonErrorsinEnglish
Common Errorsin English
Go to list of errors.
What is an error in English?
The concept of language errors is a fuzzy one. I’ll leave to linguists the ...
List of errors
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CommonErrorsinEnglish
Common Errorsin English
Read about the book version of this site.
Coming soon: ... important introductory
remarks. The “:8080” string found in some links is obsolete.
● If you think a common error is missing from my list, check by searching with the “Find”
command in your...
... textbooks on Englishwritingin Korea, however, few
textbooks explain sentence punctuation in English.
→ There are many textbooks on Englishwritingin Korea; however, few
textbooks explain sentence ... connecting word is called a
“conjunctive adverb.”
EnglishWriting Lab http://www.hanyangowl.org
2009 HYU Center for Teaching and Learning and Adam Turner
Common format and punctuation
errors in ... Clause
Subordinate
Clause
Main Clause + Main Clause +
Main Clause +
Subordinate
Clause
Main Clause +
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EnglishWriting Lab http://www.hanyangowl.org
2009 HYU Center for Teaching and Learning and Adam Turner
These...
... tagging rules can be used only for
generating training data. They cannot be used to
distinguish mass and count nouns in the writing
of learners of English for the purpose of detecting
1
According ... contains further useful in-
formation. For example, we can obtain training
data consisting of instances of errors by compar-
ing the feedback corpus with its original corpus.
Also, comparing it ... rule-based
methods. It judges singular head nouns with no
determiner to be erroneous since missing articles
are most commonin the writing of Japanese learn-
ers of English. In the experiments, this...
... minute 492 tire
391
appear
442
strong
493
bring
392
road
443
special
494
yes
393
map
444
mind
495
distant
394
rain
445
behind
496
fill
395
rule
446
clear
497
east
396
govern
447
tail
498
paint
397
pull
448
produce
499
language
398
cold
449
fact
500
among
399
notice
450
street
400
voice
451
inch
401
unit
452
multiply
402
power
453
nothing
403
town
454
course
404
fine
455
stay
405
certain
456
wheel
406
fly
457
full
407 ... Word
251
open
297
color
343
told
252
seem
298
face
344
knew
253
together
299
wood
345
pass
254
next
300
main
346
since
255
white
301
enough
347
top
256 children 302 plain 348 whole
257
begin
303
girl
349
king
258
got
304
usual
350
space
259
walk
305
young
351
heard
260
example
306
ready
352
best
261
ease
307
above
353
hour
262
paper
308
ever
354
better
263
group
309
red
355
true ... tall
1000 Most Common Words inEnglish -
Numbers 501 - 725 - Vocabulary for ESL
EFL TEFL TOEFL TESL English Learners
t
Rank Word Rank Word Rank Word
751
gentle
797
thick
842
print
752
woman
798
soldier
843
dead
753
captain
799
process
844
spot
754
practice
800
operate
845
desert
755
separate
801
guess
846
suit
756
difficult
802
necessary
847
current
757...
... She couldn’t explain the reason
why she was here.
She couldn’t explain the reason
because she was here.
120. Think of I’m thinking of moving to
Australia.
I’m thinking to move to Australia. ... She couldn’t explain the reason
why she was here.
She couldn’t explain the reason
because she was here.
120. Think of I’m thinking of moving to
Australia.
I’m thinking to move to Australia. ... 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 commonerrors this list is – as many...
... hours since my sister last rung D. My sister hasn’t rung since hours.
11. Mary prefers to dance rather than sing.
A. Mary prefers to dance than to sing. B. Mary prefers dancing than sing.
C. ... prefers dancing than to sing. D. Mary prefers dancing to singing.
12. It took him two hours to do his homework.
A. He spent two hours to do his homework. B. He spent two hours doing his homework.
C. ... two years since Mary began studying Vietnamese. D. All are correct
14. I started going to school in 1997.
A. I haven’t been a pupil when it was in 1997. B. I have been a student since 1997.
C....
... spacecraft, there’s no point in calling it a "UFO.” I love the sign I once saw in a
Seattle bookstore labeling the alien-invasion section: “Incorrectly Identified Flying
Objects."
XMAS/CHRISTMAS
“Xmas” ... original
version of this saying, click here.
Beginning a sentence with a conjunction
It offends those who wish to confine English usage in a logical straitjacket that writers
often begin sentences ... distinction is not always maintained. It is disingenuous to pretend that
people who use “gender” in the new senses are making an error, just as it is disingenuous
to maintain that “Ms.” means “manuscript”...
... spacecraft, there’s no point in calling it a "UFO.” I love the sign I once saw in a
Seattle bookstore labeling the alien-invasion section: “Incorrectly Identified Flying
Objects."
XMAS/CHRISTMAS
“Xmas” ... can also be used in the sense of almost
succeeding in striking a desired target: “His Cointreau soufflé was a near miss.”
“None” singular vs. plural
Some people insist that since “none” is derived ... words as
interchangeable except for insisting on “further” for in addition,” and “moreover.” You’ll
always be safe in making the distinction; some people get really testy about this.
IN SPITE...
... you
mind,
look forward to.
Examples:
1
think it's no use trying again. J can't help
feeling angry about it.
Use the gerund or the infinitive after certain verbs, such
as begin, ... succeeded to win the prize.
/
Say: Paula succeeded in winning the prize.
83 Think of + -ing.
Don't say:
1
often think to go to England.
/
Say:
1
often think of going to England. ...
42
Interested in, not
for.
Don't say: She's
not
interested
for
her work.
/ Say: She's not interested in her work.
Note Also
take an interest in
She
takes
a
great interest
...