“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
― Albert Einstein
“We learn from failure, not from success!”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula
“Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
LIST OF THE MOST COMMON SIMPLE GRAMMAR MISTAKES
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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.
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“-S” of third person singular for verbs in the Present Simple.
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Adjectives in English NEVER take “-s” to form the plural.
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All adjectives are placed before the noun they go with.
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All compounds of SOME and ANY are considered third person singular.
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THIS / THAT are singular words. THESE / THOSE are plural.
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Be careful with False Friends. ACTUALLY does not mean ACTUALMENTE but REALMENTE.
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MODAL VERBS are followed by an infinitive without TO.
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ALL sentences in English have a subject.
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PEOPLE is plural.
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VERY is MUY. A LOT OF / MANY / MUCH is MUCHOS/MUCHAS.
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No double negation in a sentence.I didn’t do anything.I did nothing.
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Avoid contractions when writing; they are too informal.
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Be careful with the structure of the sentence: Subject+Verb+Object+Complement (place + time)
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WITH ≠ WHICH ≠ WITCH.
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WELL ≠ GOOD
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DIE (vb) / DEAD (adj.) / DEATH (noun).
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ENOUGH + noun / adjective + ENOUGH.
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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.
ERROR ANALYSIS 100 TOP MISTAKES
David Nicholls, an excellent British teacher who has worked for various companies and schools teaching all ages and levels, will help us with common mistakes.
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