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Preface
The Longman Dictionary ofCommon Errors provides learners and teachers of
English with a practical guide to common errors and their correction.
It
contains the
words ... learners
at the intermediate level of proficiency and above. Each error is accompanied by a
correction and a short, simple explanation.
Since the appearance of the first edition of this dictionary almost ... front of the book and
youth is at the back. To help you find an entry quickly, there is a word in heavy type at the top
of each page. The word at the top of a left-hand page is the name of the...
... pubs.
noun + of + NUMBER: 'They have a little girl of three and a boy of five.'
noun + of + my/your etc age: 'He is very clever for a boy of his age.' 'A
girl of her age ... the age of seven or eight needs a little push.
,/ A child of seven or eight needs a little push.
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People in my age spend a lot of time in pubs .
./ People of my age spend a lot of time in ... small amounts of students will be admitted.
,/ Only small numbers of students will be admitted.
amount of
+
uncountable noun
number of + plural countable noun
Compare: 'an amount of money',...
... number of hours he worked was depend on the number of
absentees .
./' The number of hours he worked depended on the number of
absentees.
X The insurance payment is depends on the value of the ... original inhabitants of the district were probably Chinese .
./ The original inhabitants of the region/area were probably
Chinese.
district
=
(1) one of the official divisions of a city or country: ... dismissal.'
3
X The floods made a lot of damage .
.I The floods did/caused a lot of damage.
X Most of the damage has been produced by acid rain .
.I Most of the damage has been caused by acid...
... theworldtoday.'
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The sea is one of our main source of food.
,/ The sea is one of our main sources of food.
sTheo~oun!pronotJ.n f('jlIQwing,Rne of is a1ways.ãplura/.;'one of
'one of herfeachers', ... HUNDRED
2
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Arian is one of the oldest towns of Belgium.
,/
Arlon is one of the oldest towns in Belgium.
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We stayed in one of the most beautiful villages of Kent.
,/
We stayed in one of the most beautiful ... .'one of the biggestisla~s in the world'.
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One of the eggs were bad.
,/ One of the eggs was bad.
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She is one of those children who refuses to share things.
,/ She is one of those...
... thought of as the manufacturing end of the life sciences industry.”
—University of Michigan, School of Medicine
“Body of methods and techniques that employ as tools the living cells of
organisms ... the influence of
ethnicity of the genomics of organisms. Ethnicity refers to organisms
with origins from different parts of the world. Most scientists focus on
the ethnogenomics of humans. This ... chain of command of genes in embryonic de-
velopment, the development of stem cells in adult and fetal tissues, and
the mechanisms of gene activation in cancer. Biotechnology makes use
of epigenomics...
... are expensive.'
X The future of millions of people should not be in the hand of one
man.
,/ The future of millions of people should not be in the hands
of one man.
fin tl')~ hl!nds
.9f
(ptyral),o=cOlltrollE3.d ... well.'
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grow 1
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Many of these children grow in an atmosphere of violence.
,/ Many of these children grow up in an atmosphere of
violence.
grow
=
(1) (of children, animals, plants etc) ... sisters.')
X By the end of the war he had been promoted to the grade of
captain .
.I
By the end of the war he had been promoted to the rank of
captain.
Soldiers, sailors, police officers etc have different...
... MYSTIFICATION OF COMMON
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LAW REASONING
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the outcome of one case bears directly on the outcome of another. So
understood, findings of dissimilarity, like findings of similarity, do not
entail a form of ... version of analogical reasoning, the court compares the relative
strength of two sets of facts – the facts of the precedent case and the
facts of a new case now under consideration. If the facts of ... be seen as the reverse of expansion of
precedents on the basis of similarity: here, the court limits the effect of
precedents on the basis of dissimilarity. The process of distinguishing
precedents...
... of another state in what might be thought
of as a situation of European civil war.
4
Obviously in the days of medieval
Christendom, princes fought one another; and the Catholic church would often
side ... universalism of the nation -state
131
See Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, Out of Revolution: Autobiography of Western Man [1938]
(Providence and Oxford: Berg, 1993), p. 213; Alfred Cobban, A History of Modern ... ideological
purpose of suppressing the extremes of Jacobin-espoused liberty, notably in
Germany through the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819 which restricted freedom of
expression. The flexibility of the consultative...
... the state seeks the nation to authorise and moralise
the rational, purposive machinery of the state into a primeval commonality.
The failure of civic (as opposed to national or ethnic) ideas of ... time. By a series of alliances,
this federation should spread, securing the peace and freedom of each new state,
one by one. As in the liberal, Hobbesian manner of men in the stateof nature
renouncing ... formalism and impersonality of the state. In the context of European citi-
zenship, J. H. H. Weiler has suggested, in the face of increasing referents of iden-
tity, the concept of ‘differentity’, to...
... view.'
3
See POINT OF VIEW
X
Some of these films are full of the violence .
./ Some of these films are full of violence.
See note at THE 4
X
We'd like to know your personal vision of the situation ... will get cold.'
take off Take off
is the opposite of
put on:
'I can't wait to take off
these new shoes.' 'Why don't you take your coat off and
come and sit down?'
dress
If ... 342
unique
unique
United
Kingdom
United
Nations
United
States
?
It's one of the most unique pieces of architecture in Spain .
.I It's one of the most unusual pieces of architecture in Spain.
Unique usually...
... old.'
2
X
Robert was a little boy of ten years.
./
Robert was a little boy of ten .
a boy/girl/son etc + of + number (WITHOUT years): 'a child of six', 'a
man of fifty'
3
See AGE 2, ... months.' 'The front
of the house was getting its yearly coat of white paint.'
Yearly is also used to connect a total number or amount with a period
of one year: 'We were manufacturing ... do.
Youth (countable) is used, often in a disapproving way, to refer to a
boy/young man between the ages of about fifteen and twenty: 'He was
attacked and robbed by a gang of youths.' .
Youth...
... manager of the shop told me that he was not responsible for
these type of fault.
,/ The manager of the shop told me that he was not
responsible for these types of fault.
See note at KIND OF 1
X ... Language Note at HE
sheep
x
A lot of cows and sheeps died because of the polluted water .
.I A lot of cows and sheep died because of the polluted water.
The plural of S:l,leepiS'lhe as.the singular ... OF 1
X This type of shoes don't damage the grass.
,/ This type of shoe doesn't damage the grass.
,/ These types of shoets don't damage the grass.
See note at KIND OF 2
X Angelo took...
... 1
X
Nepal has one of the highest mountains in all over the world.
./
Nepal has one of the highest mountains in the world ã
X
The sewing machine is one of the most widely used products of
the world.
./
The ... time.
within
=
before the end of the stated period: 'The parcel should be
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absent ... do not appreciate the worth of life .
./ They do not appreciate the value of life.
Worth is usually used as a preposition: 'A four-bed roomed house in the
middle of town is probably worth...
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