Friday, February 29, 2008

COMMON MISTAKES

* Countries, nationalities and languages are ALWAYS written with a capital letter.
* Pl. of "man" is "men"
* Adjectives DON'T have plural endings in English
* Spelling: "wHich" never "wich"
"aDvantages" not "avantages"
"poSSibility" not "posibility"
"cHaracteristics" not "caracteristics"
"diFFerent" not "diferent"
" pHilosophy" not "filosophy"
"oPPortunity" not "oportunity"
"completEly" not "completly"
* mother+father/father+father/mother+mother= PARENTS
* "THE + USA"
* Teachers teach and students LEARN!
* "every day" = "daily"
* "everyday" (used as an adjective before a noun)= "common/ordinary"