The 50 Most Deadly Common Errors^307
Incorrect: There’s enough people for our game tonight.
Correct: There are enough people for our game tonight. (subject-verb
agreement, 1)
Incorrect: They do things very different.
Correct: They do things very differently. (adverb, 2)
Incorrect: Each of us have the opportunity to serve.
Correct: Each of us has the opportunity to serve. (subject-verb agreement, 1, 3)
Incorrect: There is a fundamental difference between these three candidates.
Correct: There is a fundamental difference among these three candidates.
(word usage, 11)
Incorrect: I’m not afraid of nothing.
Correct: I’m not afraid of anything. (pronoun, double negative, 3)
Incorrect: Who likes who?
Correct: Who likes whom? (pronoun, 3)
Incorrect: It works so good.
Correct: It works so well. (adjective, 2)
Incorrect: These are repetitions that you hear repeatedly.
Correct: You hear these repeatedly. (unnecessary words, 7)
Incorrect: We could have went anywhere.
Correct: We could have gone anywhere. (irregular verbs, 2)