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English Pages 124 Year 2014
Most Common
Mistakes in English An English learner’s learner’s guide by
Jakub Marian First Edition, September 2014 The PDF version has no associated ISBN
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Table of Contents Fore%ord .....................................................................................
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&ntrodution ............................................................................. 10 Mistakes %ith arti"es, nouns, and pronouns ................
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.ouns )ith identical singular and plural forms 11 %rregular plural patterns 13 /ingular nouns ending in ‘s’ 14 .ouns that only e0ist in the plural 16 Are things he, she, or it1 18 2nited /tates is3are 19 /everal thousand&s' of 20 #ot, period, full stop, point 21 A couple &of' 22 %n3on &the' %3internet 23 /ub&s'tract 24 *ou and %3me 25 All3anything3everything but 26 %nformation&s' is3are 27 .ames of numbers above 4555 28 Collective nouns 29 A couple of are3is 30 "eople are3is 31 A lot of 6 are3is 32 Many, much, a lot of, and lots of 33 %s a doctor he or she1 35 Each other’s or each others’ 37 Matter37uestion of time 37 %n &the' case of 38 8on or tonne 39 On &the' one hand 39
Advice&s' is3are 40 Money is3are 40 8he person )ho3that 41 Economics or economy 42 45 dollars is3are 42
Mistakes %ith 'erbs and tenses ..........................................
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9ord order in subordinate clauses 44 "resent perfect )ith specific time 45 Aren’t %, amn’t % 47 2se to do 48 :aven’t3#on’t have 49 ;end or borro) 50