roddy Posted October 23, 2015 at 09:31 AM Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 at 09:31 AM For me it's lead / led. I remember maybe 8 or 9 years back a client dropping me a note to say 'hey, you quite often get led/lead wrong: "this has lead the MIT to introduce..." A decade later, and I'm still doing it. I don't even want to think how many times I've done it and not noticed and sent it in. I'm sure it's lead to much embarrassment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted October 23, 2015 at 11:51 AM Report Share Posted October 23, 2015 at 11:51 AM I have trouble with verb tenses. This was pointed out to me by a 同行 who speaks native Dutch and English, and with English verbs working slightly differently from Dutch ones I'm often not quite sure whether her corrections are influenced by her English or whether I really did get it wrong and if so, whether her corrections are right. In English I used to spell a certain word 'definately', but I figured that out after years of getting it wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-F-J Posted October 24, 2015 at 05:33 AM Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 at 05:33 AM Countable vs Uncountable A lot of people make this mistake. I do it all the time even knowing I should say many people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted October 24, 2015 at 06:54 AM Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 at 06:54 AM do you count stuff like "there's too many characters in my flashcard deck", which everyone gets wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_redman Posted October 24, 2015 at 04:32 PM Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 at 04:32 PM Possessive "it's" vs. "its", as in "The dog chewed its bone". Possessive nouns get "'s" added, as in "The dog chewed the dog's bone", so I automatically want to add it here to make "it's bone". After someone pointed out that "it" is a pronoun and not a noun, I remember the correct usage a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vellocet Posted October 25, 2015 at 04:35 AM Report Share Posted October 25, 2015 at 04:35 AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingfunny Posted October 29, 2015 at 05:30 AM Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 at 05:30 AM I pronounce "uck" and "ook" the same. Which means book=buck, took=tuck, look=luck. It's not a big problem, but it was pretty funny when a friend and I realised this a few years ago. In terms of grammar, it's got to be semicolons. My solution has been to never use them, but I feel it harms the level of my written English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Loyola Posted November 26, 2015 at 05:28 AM New Members Report Share Posted November 26, 2015 at 05:28 AM When I was learning Chinese my English became terrible! I couldn't remember words like toaster. I would say "thing that cooks bread". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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