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Clive wrote:Hi, I'd just like to add a small comment about How do you call a machine that makes french fries? This is incorrect English. You need to say What do you call a machine that makes french fries? This is a common error. It sounds 'very wrong'. Best wishes, CliveIs this "true" for...

Hi, I'd just like to add a small comment about How do you call a machine that makes french fries? This is incorrect English. You need to say What do you call a machine that makes french fries? This is a common error. It sounds 'very wrong'. Best wishes, Clive

Hi Shabnam I'll leave the rest to Janice. And I’m not so good in writing letters or story so I’ve made sentences so please check them out . Please note that it should be 'good at', not 'good in'. This a very common error. I wish you success.

Effect: 1. Something brought about by a cause or agent; a result. 2. The power to produce an outcome or achieve a result; influence: The drug had an immediate effect on the pain. The government's action had no effect on the trade imbalance. Affect: ...

Maple wrote: Hi, Aperisic Well, English is fortunately (or unfortunately) my job. Thus sometimes I can help better than some natives. So: I am learning what are the most common errors or questions that people have I am trying to help as much as I can I am trying to be as thorough as...

Nona The Brit wrote:Any uses of 'advice you' or 'your advise' are incorrect and these incorrect uses are not found more often than the correct versions. Having said that, it is quite a common error to make. ... and difficult to spot.

Any uses of 'advice you' or 'your advise' are incorrect and these incorrect uses are not found more often than the correct versions. Having said that, it is quite a common error to make.

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. 'too high a . . . . ' is the correct form in both of your examples. If I were you, I wouldn't be surprised at anything you find via Google. The internet is like the Wild West. Another common error is, eg, 'too high of a concentration'. Best wishes, Clive

Yes, effect can indeed be a verb. But the common error is when people say things like "How will this effect you?" when what they MEAN is "How will the affect you?" They also do the reverse - "You can see the affects of time on how this rock has eroded." (I believe that only the field of...

Hi Ancestral Eagle - may I suggest that you start getting into the habit of using "you" instead of "u," since we're praticing using standard English. Also, a common error even for native English speakers is to write "alot," but it's two words - a lot. Anway, does the sentence have to start with...