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Longman Dictionary of Common Errors_ Part 1
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Preface
The Longman Dictionary of Common 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...
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Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ Part 2
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... 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',...
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Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ part 2.1
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... 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: ... great deal
of damage.'
damages (plural noun)
=
a sum of money that someone is awarded in a
court of law: 'She was awarded $3000 in damages.' 'She claimed
damages of £2000 for...
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Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ Part 2.7
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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.•plura/.;'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...
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Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ Part 2.3
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... 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...
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The Mystification of Common-Law Reasoning
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... 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...
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Tài liệu Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ Part 2.10 docx
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... 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 ... watermark.
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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 describes something that is the only one of its...
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Tài liệu Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ Part 2.11 ppt
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... 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...
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Tài liệu Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ Part 2.9 ppt
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... 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...
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Tài liệu Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ Part 3 pdf
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... 1
X
Nepal has one of the highest mountains in all over the world.
./
Nepal has one of the highest mountains in the world •
X
The sewing machine is one of the most widely used products of
the world.
./
The ... group in society: 'The youth of industrialized
nations need to be made aware of global problems.'
The usual phrase for 'people between the ages of about fifteen and
twenty' ... 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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Tài liệu Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ Part 2.4 pptx
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... copy of the book review that you asked for.'
consist of
When you mention all the parts that something has in it, use
comprise
(formal)
consist of/ comprise/be composed of/ be made up of:
'The
be ... up of:
'The
be composed of
book consists of six chapters and a brief introduction.' 'The
be made up of
earth's atmosphere is composed mainly of nitrogen, oxygen
and carbon ... packages.'
3)(
The increase of crime is accelerating.
,/ The increase in crime is accelerating.
)( There has been an increase of the number of cars.
,/ There has been an increase in the number of cars.
lncr
n...
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Tài liệu Longman Dictionarry of Common Errors_ Part 2.5 pptx
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... makes us do a lots of homework.
,/ She makes us do a lot of homework.
,/ She makes us do lots of homework.
a lot of (WITH a): 'I bet she's got a lot of money.'
lots of (WITHOUT a): ... a good way of reducing these kinds of
crime/so
kind/sort/type of + singular form: 'this kind of envelope'
kinds/sorts/types of + singular or plural form: 'these kinds of
envelope/s'
Note ... These kinds of
fruit do not grow in cold climates.'
2
X Imprisonment is not a good way of reducing this kind of crimes.
,/ Imprisonment is not a good way of reducing this kind of
crime.
,/...
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Tài liệu Two-Page Summaries of Common Medical Conditions pptx
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... Osteoarthritis commonly affects the hip and is often felt in the front of the thigh as well as in the
area of the hip joint. It is the most common cause of hip pain in patients over 50 years of age. ... fever, often from
opportunistic infections arising because of deficiency of the immune system. The best
way to avoid common infections such as the flu or common colds is to wash your hands
often, ... important causes of
lower back pain include cancer, infection, kidney stone, torsion of the testis (twisted
testicle), or problems of the uterus or ovaries.
About one half of cases of chronic...
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Tài liệu Báo cáo khoa học: "Types of Common-Sense Knowledge Needed for Recognizing Textual Entailment" ppt
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... our
set of categories. Further surveys would be required
to validate this idea.
The 20 categories of knowledge covered 215
(97%) of the 221 statements of world knowledge
in our proofs. Of the ... then x is of type ‘person’.” Stated
in this way, these kinds of knowledge look quite dif-
ferent. If one reads our proofs from start to finish,
the flow of the argument indicates which of these
forms ... (condensed)
proof. Each line in the proof indicates either a new
piece of background knowledge brought to bear, or
a modus ponens inference from the information in
the text or previous lines of the proof....
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