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Simple Grammar Mistakesin
Daily Communication
-Arun Chullikkal
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Send/SentSend is the root form of the verb.Send is the present plural of the verb.Sent is the past participle of the verb.
In passive voice.In perfect tense.
Sent is the past tense of the verb.In simple past tense.
Wrong: E-mail sent. (An e-mail cannot be sent by itself)
Right: E-mail is/was/will be sent.
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I, Me and MyselfI is a subject
I write an e-mailMe is object
He writes to meMyself is reflexive pronoun
I will write it myself
Wrong: Send an email to Rose and I.Wrong: Send an email to Rose and myself.Right: Send an email to Rose and me.
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A/AnIt’s all about sound.Pronounce the word.Find the sound.Use A before consonant sound.Use An before vowel sound.
Wrong: An European.Right: A European.Wrong: A year.Right: An year.
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Its/It’sIts is a possessive adjective. It just shows possessive cases such as his,
her, etc.Its color, First of its breed.
It’s is the abbreviation of It is.It is a book.It’s a book.
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Don’t/Doesn’tDon’t is simple present pluralDoesn’t is simple present singular
Wrong: They doesn’t know.Right: They don’t know.
Wrong: He don’t know.Right: He doesn’t know.
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Good/WellGood is an adjective.Well is an adverb.
Wrong: I’m doing good.Right: I’m doing well.
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Everyone/ Everybody/ Everything
Every shows all of a countable group.Although it sounds like plural, it is singular.
Wrong: Every members.Right: Every member.
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Datas/Informations???Data itself is plural.Singular form of data is datum.
Information is an uncountable noun. There is no plural form for information.
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Self/SelvesSelf is singularSelves is plural
Wrong: Themself, ourself.Right: Themselves, Ourselves.
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Advice/AdviseAdvice is nounAdvise is verb
Wrong: Please advice me.Right: Please advise me.
Wrong: advicesRight: advice
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Loose/LoseBoth sound same by pronunciation.
/lu:s/Lose : fail to keep/win/maintainLoose: not dense or not tight etc
Wrong: Did you loose your money?Right: Did you lose your money?
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One of my…Use plural of the noun.Use singular of the verb.
Wrong: One of my friend…Right: One of my friends…
Wrong: One of my friends are…Right: One of my friends is…
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Use of Comma (,)Use them at the completion of one
meaningful verse.
Wrong: He plays cricket but, he does not play football.Right: He plays cricket, but he does not play football.
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‘ and ‘sTo show possessive case ‘s can be used.
e.g. Rohan’s car
When the noun ends up with the alphabet ‘s’, don’t use ‘s along.
Instead use just apostrophe. e.g. Riyas’ car.
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Easy to remember ‘receive’
Does ‘e’ follow ‘i’ or ‘i’ follows ‘e’?Forget about ‘i’Simple way : c is between e and e.
It’s Ece
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Don’ts
Don’t wash your dress. You can wash your dress clothes/clothes.
Don’t put on/ put off lights. You can turn on/ turn off the lights.
Don’t use invaluable and priceless with worthless things.
Don’t say I and you. Say You and I.Don’t use a.m./p.m. with 24 hours clock.There is no 24.00 hrs. After 23.59, it is 00.00 hrs.Don’t say ‘He take cares of insurance.’ Because, he
takes care of insurance.It’s not his off day. It’s his day off.
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ExerciseI (send/sent) the email last week.Keep a copy of the email to Ajmal and
(I/me/myself).(A/An) union govt. must delegate everyone’s
interest.(Its/It’s) a flower. (Its/It’s) name is Rose.Let me know if he (don’t/doesn’t) report today. He is doing (well/good).Every (policeman/policemen) (do/does) a mistake.Send us the (datas/data) and
(information/informations) required.
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Cont…Let them do it (themself/themselves) Kindly (advise/advice) us on how to go
further.Don’t (lose/loose) the key this time.One of my (colleague/colleagues) (do not/
does not) go for the party.
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Questions
Thank you…