LIST OF THE MOST COMMON SIMPLE GRAMMAR MISTAKES
- NEVER TRANSLATE DIRECTLY FROM SPANISH. Structures are not the same and, unluckily, you haven’t got the same knowledge of Spanish and English. Try adapting your ideas in Spanish to a more simple level so you are able to work with them in English as well.
- “-S” of third person singular for verbs in the present simple.
- Adjectives in English NEVER take “-s” to form the plural.
- All adjectives are placed before the noun they go with.
- All compounds of SOME and ANY are considered third person singular.
- THIS / THAT are singular words. THESE / THOSE are plural.
- Be careful with False Friends. ACTUALLY does not mean ACTUALMENTE but REALMENTE.
- MODAL VERBS are followed by an infinitive without TO.
- ALL sentences in English have a subject.
- PEOPLE is plural.
- VERY is MUY. A LOT OF / MANY / MUCH is MUCHOS/MUCHAS.
- No double negation in a sentence.
- Avoid contractions when writing; they are too informal.
- Be careful with the structure of the sentence: Subject+Verb+Object+Complement (place + time)
- WITH ≠ WHICH ≠ WITCH.
- WELL ≠ GOOD
- DIE (vb) / DEAD (adj.) / DEATH (noun).
- ENOUGH + noun / adjective + ENOUGH.
- The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular. «The dog that bit me ran away.» Here, we’re talking about a specific dog, the dog that bit me.
