Topic: English writing mistakes you might be doing! (Read 2798 times)
and we also have the not so obvious ones like: should in case: The correct usage is either should or in case
Thanks sir. Since I am also getting a lot of mistakes and I am not that good in English Language, I find this post so helpful not only for me but only for the others
this post is very good for learning, and this post will help me a lot in correct writing
Most tips could be replaced by "use a spellchecker"
Thanks for putting that list up. It is sure to help many people that do not have English as their primary language. They say English is the hardest language to learn.
thanks man this post helps me a lot with the grammar
I use grammarly and it corrects all of my writing mistakes by the way.
Nice, you have so much time to get this list.... Bravo
Not really. I made it out in 8 hours. It is mostly because I was thinking about every single mistake since I first saw them.
Nice, you have so much time to get this list.... Bravo
List updated.
Thanks mate. This is a great help for the community. There are people here including me that want to earn but can't speak and write English in proper way. Even pure blooded Englishmen make the same mistakes. The thing is we grow and we learn through time here inside and out.
If the author of this thread wants to defeat ignorance it is proposed to organize courses of English language tuition on Skype for example. The error indicators will not make sense without training. Practice is the communication forum.
I don't want to defeat ignorance, because these mistakes aren't made out of ignorance, they are made unintentionally. There are a lot of these "tutoring/training" courses, especially for English, do you see them help any?an error made more by native speakers is write loose instead of lose
why?
To be honest, I don't know why they make such mistakes. However, I guess it's because of sound. The 'o' letter in 'Lose' is pronounced a long o (oo), thus people mistake it for 'loose'. And the problem is: it's hard to change their mind.why?
almost all your mistakes are easily corrected with a spell checker, like most browsers already have if your OS is in english
and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
Not all are corrected by a spell checker – logical mistakes like it's and its, or your and you're would seem correctly written for a spell checker, therefore, they are the commonly mistaken ones even if one is using a spell checker. By the way, all languages, nationalities, and countries are written with an initial uppercase letter, hence, it should be English.and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
Can you tell me why it is confusing?
You should approach it like this:
Word: Strategy.
First/initial letter: S, hence, a consonant letter.
Article: a
This should take less than a second in your mind to write.
If the author of this thread wants to defeat ignorance it is proposed to organize courses of English language tuition on Skype for example. The error indicators will not make sense without training. Practice is the communication forum.
I don't want to defeat ignorance, because these mistakes aren't made out of ignorance, they are made unintentionally. There are a lot of these "tutoring/training" courses, especially for English, do you see them help any?an error made more by native speakers is write loose instead of lose
why?
To be honest, I don't know why they make such mistakes. However, I guess it's because of sound. The 'o' letter in 'Lose' is pronounced a long o (oo), thus people mistake it for 'loose'. And the problem is: it's hard to change their mind.why?
almost all your mistakes are easily corrected with a spell checker, like most browsers already have if your OS is in english
and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
Not all are corrected by a spell checker – logical mistakes like it's and its, or your and you're would seem correctly written for a spell checker, therefore, they are the commonly mistaken ones even if one is using a spell checker. By the way, all languages, nationalities, and countries are written with an initial uppercase letter, hence, it should be English.and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
Can you tell me why it is confusing?
You should approach it like this:
Word: Strategy.
First/initial letter: S, hence, a consonant letter.
Article: a
This should take less than a second in your mind to write.
Decent guide. I'm a native speaker and I appreciate that English can be a difficult language to get into, especially since the rules and logic of it don't really make any sense. For logic, I prefer German.
These mistakes are fine if you make a post which is reasonable and contributes to the topic though. English is only a minor part of what makes a post good unless you're doing a post in which you're trying very hard to look professional (like an ANN thread for a new altcoin).
These mistakes are fine if you make a post which is reasonable and contributes to the topic though. English is only a minor part of what makes a post good unless you're doing a post in which you're trying very hard to look professional (like an ANN thread for a new altcoin).
If the author of this thread wants to defeat ignorance it is proposed to organize courses of English language tuition on Skype for example. The error indicators will not make sense without training. Practice is the communication forum.
I don't want to defeat ignorance, because these mistakes aren't made out of ignorance, they are made unintentionally. There are a lot of these "tutoring/training" courses, especially for English, do you see them help any?an error made more by native speakers is write loose instead of lose
why?
To be honest, I don't know why they make such mistakes. However, I guess it's because of sound. The 'o' letter in 'Lose' is pronounced a long o (oo), thus people mistake it for 'loose'. And the problem is: it's hard to change their mind.why?
almost all your mistakes are easily corrected with a spell checker, like most browsers already have if your OS is in english
and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
Not all are corrected by a spell checker – logical mistakes like it's and its, or your and you're would seem correctly written for a spell checker, therefore, they are the commonly mistaken ones even if one is using a spell checker. By the way, all languages, nationalities, and countries are written with an initial uppercase letter, hence, it should be English.and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
Can you tell me why it is confusing?
You should approach it like this:
Word: Strategy.
First/initial letter: S, hence, a consonant letter.
Article: a
This should take less than a second in your mind to write.
Bump.
If the author of this thread wants to defeat ignorance it is proposed to organize courses of English language tuition on Skype for example. The error indicators will not make sense without training. Practice is the communication forum.
I don't want to defeat ignorance, because these mistakes aren't made out of ignorance, they are made unintentionally. There are a lot of these "tutoring/training" courses, especially for English, do you see them help any?an error made more by native speakers is write loose instead of lose
why?
To be honest, I don't know why they make such mistakes. However, I guess it's because of sound. The 'o' letter in 'Lose' is pronounced a long o (oo), thus people mistake it for 'loose'. And the problem is: it's hard to change their mind.why?
almost all your mistakes are easily corrected with a spell checker, like most browsers already have if your OS is in english
and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
Not all are corrected by a spell checker – logical mistakes like it's and its, or your and you're would seem correctly written for a spell checker, therefore, they are the commonly mistaken ones even if one is using a spell checker. By the way, all languages, nationalities, and countries are written with an initial uppercase letter, hence, it should be English.and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
Can you tell me why it is confusing?
You should approach it like this:
Word: Strategy.
First/initial letter: S, hence, a consonant letter.
Article: a
This should take less than a second in your mind to write.
almost all your mistakes are easily corrected with a spell checker, like most browsers already have if your OS is in english
and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
and the a/an rule is confusing
is a strategy or an strategy correct?
an error made more by native speakers is write loose instead of lose
why?
why?
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