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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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BaRbIcAn88

BaRbIcAn88

United Arab Emirates

thnxxxxxxxxxxLaughing

06:14 AM Oct 14 2010 |

mileyfazo

mileyfazo

Algeria

very useful information 

tnx a lot 

03:07 PM Aug 14 2010 |

BaRbIcAn88

BaRbIcAn88

United Arab Emirates

wo0ow 

 

thanxxx all 4 the comments 

 

& am so sorry to come late >>lo0o0oL

06:47 AM Oct 19 2009 |

sali11

sali11

Algeria

thankssssssss a lot of is very useful god bless you and  go ahead

05:00 PM Apr 21 2009 |

monica-hua

China

thank you very much! It's very useful,i will collect it.

12:03 PM Apr 21 2009 |

falcon1222

falcon1222

Saudi Arabia

fine  thanks

want to recive from u

since am not log in here frequently

mail  

or      

 see  u

08:14 AM Apr 21 2009 |

mariannela

Argentina

Very useful and easy understanding!

Thank you for share it

 

 

09:53 PM Apr 13 2009 |

mariannela

Argentina

Very useful and easy understanding!

Thank you for share it.

 

09:51 PM Apr 13 2009 |

Patrick Ben

Saudi Arabia

Thank you for the lesson, it is really useful to me.

08:20 PM Apr 08 2009 |

simple mind

Saudi Arabia

soooo useful grammar lesson
thanx a lot
go aheaaaaad

08:05 PM Mar 17 2009 |

ch3rrybl0ss0m

France

people need to practice them and not just keep lists of them

06:22 PM Dec 18 2008 |

esse88

esse88

Azerbaijan

thanks its really perfect.great thanksSmile

07:02 PM Nov 24 2008 |

Ever_Ton

Ever_Ton

Brazil

This lesson really helps me improve my English

thanksWink

03:47 PM Oct 08 2008 |

Ashly87

Ashly87

China

shokran

02:24 PM Oct 08 2008 |

ne_mobliez_pas

Ukraine

thanks a lot!!!!!

07:33 PM Aug 31 2008 |

dofkele15

dofkele15

Lithuania

very useful. Thank you…

11:47 AM Aug 18 2008 |

ana campos

El Salvador

 I WANT SPIK ENGLISK BUT MY ENGKISH IS POOR

 

 

10:05 PM Jul 22 2008 |

dmgarn

Philippines

thank ya!

02:34 AM Jul 16 2008 |

sand up

sand up

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

great, thanks

09:14 AM Jul 15 2008 |

robertoroberto

Peru

i agree with kapilrakh

12:29 AM Jun 25 2008 |

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