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kev7161
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 Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:51 am Post subject: Common errors in English by (native) English speakers |
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Okay . . . I couldn't resist this one. As most of us are *ahem!* (native) English teachers, I thought we could *ahem!* help each other out:
Good vs Well:
Good is an adjective and should be used to describe a noun: "You are a good (basketball) player."
Well is an adverb and should be used to describe a verb: "You play (basketball) well."
(by the way, "well" is also a noun: "Oh no, Timmy fell down the well! Lassie, go get help!")
Anyone else care to add to this list?
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Midlothian Mapleheart
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Edited to remove offensive content.
Middy
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garfield
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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| your and you're |
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Super Mario
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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alot, as opposed to a lot and allot.
The errors I see on these pages remind me of my Year 9 Australian students, though the majority would not make these errors. |
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Mideatoo
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 7:56 pm Post subject: |
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First coming to mind:
He -vs- she
His -vs- her |
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Super Mario
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2005 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Methinks Mideatoo misread the title of this thread. I've yet to meet a native speaker who confuses genders. |
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Mideatoo
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| Super Mario wrote: |
| Methinks Mideatoo misread the title of this thread. I've yet to meet a native speaker who confuses genders. |
Common errors in English by English speakers
ENGLISH SPEAKERS are automatically natives to you? Where you from Mario, Columbia!? |
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mrgpang
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:58 am Post subject: |
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I notice alot of mixups between 'hear' and 'here' - in writing, can't really get the two wrong when speaking can you, sound the same 
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Midlothian Mapleheart
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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Edited to remove offensive content.
Middy
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Mideatoo
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Midlothian Mapleheart wrote: |
This should be,
His -vs- hers: possessive personal pronouns
i.e. hers car....
Middy |
simply pathetic.............
I am referring here to feminine -vs- masculine. Too many locals use masculine, and masculine only.
Thank you for the little entertainment... |
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kev7161
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Actually, I WAS referring to NATIVE English speakers - - sorry I didn't clarify that well enough. We have another thread about "Common errors made by Chinese people/students" so I thought I'd role-reverse that. If you go back and reread my original post, I was (sort of) saying that we English teachers probably could brush up on mistakes that we (native) English speakers make. I'll see what I can do about retitling this thread. |
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Super Mario
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| Actually, I WAS referring to NATIVE English speakers |
It was perfectly clear to me Kev and nearly all other posters; probably even those from Colombia. But obviously you can't take some things for granted. |
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Midlothian Mapleheart
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:17 am Post subject: |
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Edited to remove offensive content.
Middy
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Mideatoo
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Midlothian Mapleheart wrote: |
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who's "we"?
Me xenophobic? Is that "joke" for Canadian? |
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Midlothian Mapleheart
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| Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Edited to remove offensive content.
Middy
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