[title]Family quotes[/title] [description]Welcome to our family quotes section! Here you'll find some of the funniest (and wisest) quotes on the subject of family life![/description]
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Latest post Wed, Oct 3 2007 5:56 AM by Yoong Liat. 2 replies.
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Anonymous  +  426328 Tue, 02 Oct 07 07:16 PM
Hi,

What's the difference between :

"Don't make the same mistake"
&
"Don't do the same mistake"

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Can you say...

Thanks for enlighten me about her suicidal thoughts


Thanks.
Grammar Geek  +  426355 Tue, 02 Oct 07 08:12 PM

Usually you talk about "making mistakes" so I would say the one about "do" the mistake sounds unnatural.

Thanks for enlightening me about...

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Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!
Yoong Liat, 2 yr 54 days ago
I would say that "Don't do the same mistake" is incorrect.
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