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 Does only non-native speakers make
mistakes/errors?
 What sort of errors?
 What are the effects of making errors?
 How to overcome this problem?
 Does only non-native speakers make
mistakes/errors?

‡ Wrong school of thought.

‡ Natives do have an edge over non-natives
 What sort of errors?

‡ Commonly grammatical, pronunciation,

spelling mistakes, and homophone
words etc.
 What are the effects of making errors?

‡ Embarrassment.
‡ Difficulties in expressing your views.
‡ Problems in getting a job or might loose your
job.
 How to overcome this problem?

‡ Stop depending on office suites.

‡ Consult dictionary.
‡ Improve your vocabulary.
‡ Read more and more.
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 urammatical errors.
 Pronunciation errors.
 Punctuation mistakes.
 Confusion in homophones.
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‡ Irregular verbs

Œ  Œ
 Œ
Œ
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Come Came (Have) come
uo Went (Have) gone
Drink Drank (Have) drunk
Ride Rode (Have) ridden

Cont«
‡ Examples of incorrect usage :

 I have came too early. (Have come)

 She has went to work. (Has gone)
 They have drank too much water. (Have
drunk)
 I have rode a bike since I was 10 (Have
ridden)

Cont«
‡ O

  

· Similar meanings.
· Less (mass-noun)/ fewer (count-noun)

Examples of incorrect usage :

‡ There are less people in the class today.

‡ There are fewer people in the class today.

Because, less is used for Mass-noun, and people in the

class are countable. So fewer is the correct word.

Cont«
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· Real is an adjective.
· Really is an adverb

Examples of incorrect usage :

‡ I am real tired today

‡ I am really tired today.

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Examples :

‡ Pronunciation, pronounced Pronouncaition.

‡ Cricket, pronounced Circket or Cri-ket.
‡ February, pronounced Feb-uary.
‡ Nuclear, pronounced Nucul-ar.
‡ Asterisk (*), pronounced Asterick or Isterick.

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 Punctuation mistakes
 Misplaced or omitted commas :

‡ Commas in direct address :

Always use a comma when directly addressing

someone/something. Regardless of whether the
direct address is at the beginning or at the end of the
sentence.

Cont«
Examples :

‡ Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention

please? (Direct address at the beginning).

‡ It was a pleasure to meet you, Sir. (Direct address at

the end of the sentence).

Cont«
 Misplaced or omitted commas :

‡ Commas with conjunctive adverbs (however,

furthermore etc..)

When combining two sentences into one compound sentence, a

comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, so) are
used.

Example :
The match was to be played today, but it was canceled due to
rain.

Cont«
 Sometimes writers use conjunctive adverbs such as
however, furthermore etc, in place of coordinating
conjunctions to combine two sentences, and this is
where the confusion starts. They place a comma in place
of semicolon before conjunctive adverbs.

Example :
‡ The match was to be played today, however, it was
canceled due to rain. (Incorrect)

‡ The match was to be played today; however, it was

canceled due to rain. (Correct).

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‡ What are homophones?

Examples :
· Accept/Except.
Accept (verb), which means ³to receive´, and
Except (preposition/verb at times) means
³make an exception of´.

Cont«
 I shall except the gift when she brings it. (wrong)
 I shall accept the gift when she brings it.

 Everyone is here, accept Jimmy. (wrong)

 Everyone is here, except Jimmy.

 The lawyers excepted certain clauses for the

agreement.
· All ready/Already.
The words ³all ready´ means that ³everything
is in readiness´, whereas the word ³already´ is
an adverb, which gives an idea that an action is
complete.

 He is all ready five pounds overweight. (wrong)

 He is already five pounds overweight.

 We are already for dance. (wrong).

 We are all ready for dance.
· Desert/Dessert.
Desert is a noun, which means ³waterless
land´, but Dessert which is ³Sweet food, served
after the meal´ is incorrectly written Desert.

· Weather/Whether.
Weather means ³the atmospheric condition
in areas´. Whereas word whether is used for
indirect questions involving alternative
possibilites.

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