Do You Know Any Comon English Errors? Please, State Them Here

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Do You Know Any Comon English Errors? Please, State Them Here
« on: May 09, 2008, 04:32 AM »

Hi everyone
   Nobody (they say) is perfect, but at the same time, practice (they say) makes perfect.
   You see, we are bound to make errors even unaware, and as humans, we'd continue to repeat the errors until we identify it or someone helps us to.
   So, if you know any wrong English word or statement that are comonly used by our people whether educated educating or illiterate, please, do not hessitate to drop it here, so we can learn some common errors and avoid them.
   I have some of such examples stated in my Fiction and my opinion reality response

Fiction: "I can teach you English" or "I teach English at school" are wrong sentences.
Reality: English is not a person, so you can not teach English, rather you give English lessons.

Fiction: "I will win you in a race" is a wrong sentence
Reality: "You don't win someone in a race, s/he is not a price rather, you can  defeat a person and win a price

Fiction: "He  travelled to abroad" or "he leaves in abroad" are wrong sentences.
Reality:  "Abroad" is not a name of a destination, rather it refers to foreign places; therefore, you don't use "to" or "in" before the word "abroad".

Fiction: "He often travels to UK" or "He lives in USA" are not proper English.
Reality: Like the "USA", the "UK"  is a compound word referring to the subject from which the name derived; therefore, they should be referred with "the" to make them become nouns: for example, the USA, the UK, the Philippines etc.

Fiction: "I tried my best, still yet it failed" is a wrong sentence.
Reality:  As well as ""adequate enough"", these words are tautology.

Fiction: "He's seeking for attention" is a wrong sentence"
Reality: Seeking means: searching for, therefore, when using seeking, you don't have to add for.

Fiction: "I'm asking of the direction" is a wrong sentence.
Reality:  Asking of means requesting from (someone), so, you can't ask of a direction, rather you ask for it

Fiction: "I can be able to do it" is a wrong sentence.
Reality: Can means to be able; therefore, it should be "I'll be able to do it" or, "i can do it"

Fiction: "Everybody are fighting with one another" is a wrong sentence.
Reality:  Every means each or individual, and therefore should be singular ie: everybody is.  .  .  .
   If anyone remembers our common English errors (even from my analysis), please, post it here: it can help us to learn more.
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