miércoles, 2 de noviembre de 2016

LIST OF THE MOST COMMON SIMPLE GRAMMAR MISTAKES

  • NEVER TRANSLATE DIRECTLY FROM SPANISH. Structures are not the same and, unluckily, you haven’t got the same knowledge of Spanish and English. Try adapting your ideas in Spanish to a more simple level so you are able to work with them in English as well. 
  • “-S” of third person singular for verbs in the present simple.
  • Adjectives in English NEVER take “-s” to form the plural.
  • All adjectives are placed before the noun they go with.
  • All compounds of SOME and ANY are considered third person singular.
  • THIS / THAT are singular words. THESE / THOSE are plural.
  • Be careful with False Friends. ACTUALLY does not mean ACTUALMENTE but REALMENTE.
  • MODAL VERBS are followed by an infinitive without TO.
  • ALL sentences in English have a subject.
  • PEOPLE is plural.
  • VERY is MUY. A LOT OF / MANY / MUCH is MUCHOS/MUCHAS.
  • No double negation in a sentence.
  • Avoid contractions when writing; they are too informal.
  • Be careful with the structure of the sentence: Subject+Verb+Object+Complement (place + time)
  • WITH ≠ WHICH ≠ WITCH.
  • WELL ≠ GOOD
  • DIE (vb) / DEAD (adj.) / DEATH (noun).
  • ENOUGH + noun / adjective + ENOUGH.
  • The definite article is used before singular and plural nouns when the noun is specific or particular.                                                                   "The dog that bit me ran away."                                                     Here, we're talking about a specific dog, the dog that bit me. 

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