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The document lists 10 common errors in English language usage with examples and their corrections. It provides the incorrect sentences, explains the error type, and offers the proper correction. The errors cover topics such as verb tense, articles, comparatives, plural forms and others. The source for each example is also included.

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English Errors

The document lists 10 common errors in English language usage with examples and their corrections. It provides the incorrect sentences, explains the error type, and offers the proper correction. The errors cover topics such as verb tense, articles, comparatives, plural forms and others. The source for each example is also included.

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List of errors in English Language - 10 for ID

No. Quotation

1 I am having four brothers and three sisters.

2 He do not have a laptop.

3 Does she has a car?

4 That only, she is very arrogant.

5 Last before year she got very good marks.

6
He did not wrote the test last week.

 I came to office by walk.

8
What is the time in your watch?

9 The price of this mobile phone is higher than


yours.

10
His son-in-laws have come home.
Source

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/grammar-vocabulary/story/16-common-errors-in-everyday-english-1097590-201

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/grammar-vocabulary/story/16-common-errors-in-everyday-english-1097590-201

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Observati
Error Type Correction
ons

Present continuous tense error. I have four brothers and three sisters. -

Do not should not be used after the subject pronoun


He does not have a laptop.
(He, She, It).

The helping verb does is used at the beginning and


the main verb have denotes possession or Does she have a car?
ownership.

Saying "That only" was the wrong way to emphasize That was what I said. She is very arrogant.
what the speaker has already said.

Phrases that can be used: Month before last, Day


Year before last she got good marks.
before last, Week before last.

The helping verb 'did' is followed by the present


tense of the verb and not the past tense form. He did not write the test last week.
We can say "by car", "by bike", "by bus", "by train"
and "by flight". However, we cannot say "by walk", as
I came to office on foot.
it is the "foot" which is being used to travel and not
"walk".

In replaced with by. What is the time by your watch?

While comparing two individuals/things than is The price of this mobile phone is higher than
followed by the pronoun that. that of yours.

In plural form, it is always mothers-in-law, brothers-


in-law, sisters-in-law. His sons-in-law have come home.

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