The Most Common Mistakes English Learners Make (And How to Fix Them!)

Slide six is kind of a hot mess.

Just want to say don't feel too bad about run-on sentences. Native speakers do them all the time by accident.

❌️ "How do you call this in English?" ✅️ "What do you call this in English?" ❌️ "How does it look like?" ✅️ "What does it look like?" ✅️ "How does it look?"

On the 6th slide, last sentence is just unforgivable, and the worst thing here is that I did this mistake my whole life…

I think the biggest problem with making one of these is context. Going through the incorrect answers in order: **"She almost drove her kids to school every day"** could mean she almost chose to drive them every day, but decided not to, although it might appear more naturally as "she almost *had to* drive her kids to school every day." **"I only eat vegetables on the weekends"** implies that they avoid eating vegetables during the week, and most likely eat all food, including vegetables, on weekends. Unhealthy, but correct in context. **"He nearly ate a whole pizza"** implies he or someone else stopped him before he could finish the whole pizza. The correct answer, **"He ate nearly a whole pizza,"** implies he intended to eat as much as he did. I'm just a native speaker, not like an English major or anything, but I hope these make sense. Also, if anyone with more knowledge of English finds an error, please let me know!

How come is "Me and Tom" a mistake? I've heard native speakers say that regularly.

second slide is worded poorly imo There aren't really "plural" and "singular" verbs - it's only third person singular that takes the -s at the end, everything else uses the base form of the verb. (Singular they is an exception to this, because it does _not_ take the -s.)

The issue with "most common mistakes in english" Is that the common mistakes are dependent on your mother tongue. These may not be common mistakes for someone from east Asia, this sounds a bit like grammar mistakes of central Europe. Then going to Arab countries or African continent, the gramitical mistakes are different, in a common way, all over again. I can see the good intention though! And think it could be better specialised instead of generalising. 👍🏾

I would argue that Me and Tom is also correct but in a less formal setting

❌ Did you went to the store? ✅ Did you go to the store?

Here's a list of English mistakes I frequently see online: * alot (not a word) or sometimes allot (different meaning) when they mean "a lot" * atleast *(should be: at least)* * aswell *(should be: as well)* * aslong *(should be: as long)* * "apart" when they mean "a part" (opposite meanings) * allways *(should be: always)* * all together (different meaning) when they mean altogether * forms of "to be" + bias *(should be: "to be" + biased)* * bellow when they mean below * breath (noun) when they mean breathe (verb) * confusing affect and effect * capital (government city) when they mean capitol (government building) * chose (past tense) when they mean choose (present/infinitive) * could of/should of/would of/might of/must of *(should be: "have" instead of "of")* * definately (not a word) or defiantly (different meaning) when they mean definitely * diddent *(should be "didn't)* * dose when they mean does * dosent *(should be: doesn't)* * eachother *(should be: each other)* * eventhough *(should be: even though)* * everytime *(should be: every time)* * everyday (typical/ordinary/average) when they mean every day (daily) * hasent *(should be: hasn't)* * highschool *(should be: high school)* * I'am *(should be: "I am" or its contraction "I'm")* * incase *(should be: in case)* * infront *(should be: in front)* * confusing its (possessive) and it's (it is/has) * let's (contraction of "**let** u**s**") when they mean lets (conjugated form of "to let") * loose (opposite of "tight") when they mean lose (opposite of win/gain/find) * my self *(should be: myself)* * ofcourse *(should be: of course)* * per say *(should be: per se)* * specially when they mean especially * confusing "than" and "then," or using "that" when they mean "than" * confusing their (possessive), they're (they are), and there (all other uses) * this (singular) when they mean these (plural) * thankyou *(should be: thank you)* * tho (not a word) or thou (different meaning) when they mean though * upto *(should be: up to)* * videogame *(should be: video game)* * confusing worse (opposite of "better") and worst (opposite of "best") * confusing who's (who is/has) and whose (possessive) * what ever / which ever / who ever / when ever *(should each be one word, not two)* * with out *(should be: without)* * wasent *(should be: wasn't)* * women (plural) when they mean "woman" (singular) * wouldent *(should be: wouldn't)* * confusing your (possessive) and you're (you are) * ya'll (should be "y'all" because it's a contraction of "**y**ou **all**," so the apostrophe takes the place of the omitted letters) * yea when they mean yeah ("yea" is pronounced like "yay" and is spoken by lawmakers to vote yes on a bill) * yeap *(should be: either "yep" or "yeah")* * [comma splice run-ons](https://www.chompchomp.com/terms/commasplice.htm) * forgetting to capitalize the word "I" (should always be capitalized) * Apostrophes are for possession or contraction. They're not for pluralizing or random words that happen to end in "s." * confusing the symbol for inches (") with the symbol for feet (')

Slide six seems to have errors in it.

This seems less like errors learners make, and more like errors natives make.