Korean Job Discussion Forums

[ewlandon]

This is an English teaching forum and there is one grammatical mistake that every person seems to make. Everyone uses "over/under" when talking about time. (E.g. "Over one week ago") It's starting to drive me crazy that everyone on here seems to make the same mistake.

Why do people say "over/under!!!?"

[Lonewolf]

Actually it's not a mistake. it's a time expression meaning More than / Less than. Over one week. = More than one week. Under one week. = Less than one week. Time expressions depend on the country using them. Over/Under is American English. More than / Less than usually British English. Don't let it get to you.

[ewlandon]

I'm not british but my grammatical training is from journalism. It is not correct grammar.

[ewlandon]

checked out some grammar sites on the web and it looks like it's an AP thing not a grammar thing. Ugh sometimes AP training makes my life way harder when it comes to ESL.

[Lonewolf]

That's nothing compared to this quote. I really find annoying. "take some rest." Every single Asian I have met uses this. When it should be. "get some rest. There will always be something. In British English they sometimes but not always use articles. (a,an, the). The list goes on and on. Just remember spoken English and written English are never the same and most people here write like they are talking .

[bekinseki]

[Lonewolf]

Yeah, that's right. Take a rest.

[tatertot]

[myenglishisno]

The biggest offence for me is when people say 'less' instead of 'fewer' and vice versa.

[Porksta]

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[Skipperoo]

[Lonewolf]

Here is why. Take a rest. Is wrong. They are using the word rest as a countable noun. In this case take (a) referring to 1 and (rest) uncountable noun. So tell me how do you count rest? It's like saying. "Take a dirt."

[SMOE NSET]

Since when is "take a rest" wrong?

It is the same as "take a break".

Where "rest" and "break" are time frames or "events" so they are in fact nouns.