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GrAmMaR m!sTaKeS...SaY & DoN't sAy..

Date: Oct 26 2007

Topic: Grammar

Author: BaRbIcAn88

Lesson

==== afraid of, not from ====
don’t say: the girl is afraid from the dog.
Say: the girl is afraid of the dog


==== arrive at, not to ====
don’t say: we arrived to the village at night.
Say: we arrived at the village at night.


==== ashamed of, not from ====
don’t say: He is now ashamed from his conduct.
Say: : He is now ashamed of his conduct.


==== consist of, not from ====
Don’t say: a year consist from 12 months.
Say: a year consist of 12 months.


==== covered with, not by ====
Don’t say: the mountains are covered by snow.
Say: the mountains are covered with snow


==== cure of, not from ====
Don’t say: the man was cured from his illness.
Say: the man was cured of his illness.


==== Confidence in, not on, and not to ====
Don’t say: I have great confidence on/to him.
Say: I have great confidence in him.


==== Get rid of, not from ====
Don’t say: I shall be glad to get rid from him.
Say: I shall be glad to get rid of him.


==== good at, not in ====
don’t say : my brother is good in mathematics.
Say: my brother is good mathematics.
Also we say: bad at, clever at, weak at, quick at, slow at, ..etc


==== look at, not to ====
Don’t say: look to this beautiful picture.
Say: look at this beautiful picture.

==== jealous of, not from ====
don’t say: he is very jealous from his brother.
Say: he is very jealous of his brother.


==== take by, not from ====
don’t say: he took his brother from the hand.
Say: he took his brother by the hand.


==== write in ink, not with ink ====
don’t say: I have written the letter with ink.
Say: I have written the letter in ink




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REKHA

India

THANKS FOR THIS LESSON. I TRY TO REMEBER THIS AND PRACTICE DAILY

08:12 PM Jun 24 2008 |

Milk.lz

China

thanx~ a good lesson for me!

03:53 PM Jun 24 2008 |

mariannela

Argentina

Very didatic and easy learning, thank you so much!!!

01:22 PM Jun 24 2008 |

beingsingle

Turkey

good for us thanks

03:52 PM Jun 23 2008 |

no0onah

no0onah

Saudi Arabia

thanks;D

09:48 AM Jun 23 2008 |

kriya

kriya

India

its very useful for me..thanks a lot.

09:38 AM Jun 23 2008 |

Me M

Me M

Saudi Arabia

very gooding … Sealed

08:21 AM Jun 23 2008 |

Kas-ye

Kas-ye

Yemen

 thanks.. grammar s important.

11:18 AM Jun 21 2008 |

Kas-ye

Kas-ye

Yemen

 thanks.. grammar s important.

11:17 AM Jun 21 2008 |

enedeza

enedeza

Morocco

yhx for

03:07 PM Jun 20 2008 |

andrew xia

andrew xia

China

yeah,I get some useful knowledge from it.Thank you ,I hope that more people are able to learn from the grammar items.

02:51 AM Jun 20 2008 |

latinoamazonico

Colombia

thanks

 

12:46 AM Jun 20 2008 |

StEfAnO

StEfAnO

Italy

Good job!

05:42 PM Jun 19 2008 |

midodiab

Egypt

Thanks

12:07 PM Jun 18 2008 |

filcanlas

filcanlas

Philippines

iT'S REALLY GREAT TO BE HERE AND AFTER…!

11:10 AM Jun 18 2008 |

brave-sisi

Morocco

thanks

08:52 AM Jun 17 2008 |

lover guy

Syrian Arab Republic

thank you

this is good grammar

05:55 PM Jun 16 2008 |

maloooooooook

United Arab Emirates

thank u that was a great lesson

02:52 PM Jun 16 2008 |

loly__lv

loly__lv

Egypt

sandy

08:51 PM Jun 15 2008 |

Viru

India

HI

08:03 AM Jun 15 2008 |

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