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This post is about common mistakes making sentences in English. Many people do mistakes while speaking or writing sentences in English. These small mistakes make a big difference. So read this post carefully and avoid common mistakes making sentences in English.
Incorrect : I want to go to home now.
Correct: I want to go home now.
We use ‘house’ as a physical place and ‘home’ as an abstract idea.
Home is considered as an adverb. Therefore we don’t use ‘to’ before home.
Correct: We are going shopping.
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We do not use for before shopping.
Correct: He is good at Maths.
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We don’t use in after good before nouns.
Correct: Enjoy yourself.
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Reflexive noun should be used after enjoy.
Correct: What was the effect of this medicine?
Affect is a verb.
Effect is a noun.
C: Raj and Priya love each other.
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If we are talking about two persons we use each other. If there are more than two persons, we use one another.
Correct: Shiv is senior to Aryan.
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We use to in place of than with senior or junior in comparitive degree.
Correct: Rajesh is braver than Suresh.
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We use ‘er’ with an adjective having single syllable in comparitive degree. So it will be ‘braver’ not more brave as brave has only one syllable.
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Correct: My friend as well as I is going there.
When we join two subjects with as well as , we use verb according to the first subject. Here first subject is my friend so the verb will be followed according to my friend not ‘I’ which is second subject.
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Icorrect: My birthday is on June 3rd.
Correct : My birthday is on 3rd June or June 3.
The correct format to write the date is June 3 or 3rd June.
•Incorrect : I cannot cope up with this pressure.
Correct:Â I cannot cope with this pressure.
• The meaning of the verb cope is to manage. ‘Cope’ is followed by the preposition ‘with’, and never followed by ‘up’. Even professionals commit this error.
 Incorrect: I prefer coffee than tea.
Correct:Â I prefer coffee to tea.
‘Prefer’ is always followed by the preposition ‘to’.
• Incorrect: Does he has a car?
• Correct: Does he have a car?
 Helping verb does is used at the beginning and the main verb have denotes possession or ownership.
• When John finally met his friend, he was so happy. (Friend or John?)
Correct:Â Â Jonathan was so happy when he finally met his friend.
Incorrect: It was a breathe of fresh air to meet someone so genuine.
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 These were few examples for common mistakes making sentences in English.
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