Below are a few of the many mistakes made in English VERBALLY AND NON-VERBALLY and how they can be corrected.
- APOSTRPHES:
Apostrophes may not be noticeable while speaking but it completely changes the meaning of the message being delivered when used wrongly in a sentence.
For example:
Janes file is over there.
Jane’s file is over there.
The computer’s aren’t working.
The computers aren’t working.
- THE COULDS/ WOULDS:
The basic difference between a “could” and “would” is that one expresses the possibility of doing it in future with some doubt and the other is the possibility of doing it with confidence.
For example:
I could have made a better presentation.
I would have done it sooner.
- THERE/THEIR
This again may sound the same while speaking but are completely different when used in written English.
For example:
The books are kept over there.
Their photographs aren’t ready yet.
- DEGREES OF COMPARISON:
There are various degrees of comparison like:
- Good<better<best
- Bad<worse<worst
- Tall<taller<tallest
But there are some words whose degrees of comparison are different:
Beautiful cannot be beautifuller<beautifullest
- IN/ AT/ BY:
These are prepositions that are used mostly to describe or speak about time.
For example:
- Please be there in time.
- I shall reach office by 6 in the evening.
- Office starts at 9 in the morning.
