English Grammar Demystified - A Self Teaching Guide

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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)
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