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What sorts of radios/sort of radio do you want to see? (Not sort of radios OR sorts of radio) (Right Word Wrong Word by L. G. Alexander) Right Word Wrong Word has been compiled with reference to the Longman Learners' Corpus and has been widely tested to ensure that common errors from...

Heck no, this is a term I learned from CJ and Marius. "Educated" people speak with very precisely correct (higher register) English. "Uneducated" people tend to use the vernacular and make many common errors, speaking in English of a lower register. (I don't know how...

Thanks for pointing my error. I think many members do not know as it is not a common error.

This is a very common error made by students and even teachers in my country. The reason is that if you cannot find 'every day' in most dictionaries; 'everyday' can be found in dictionaries, but it is an adjective. (Examples are everyday clothes, everyday occurrence) If you want...

Hi, Hey. Can you please tell me how should I know which form to use. Here is an example Once I (spend)__ the whole day in the jungle.I always want to use "had spent", because I'm given the time in the sentece. But the right answer should be "spent"...Why? I do not get...

Is there any general guideline on using "in" or "on" in this context? I have noticed that was my most common error.Thank you.

Anonymous wrote: Hi, I usually edit some of the stuff my coworkers write around here, I believe I have good knowledge of what I'm doing but now I doubt it because of a document I'm reading right now... This is how it reads (in many paragraphs): "It is recommended that the agency review and...

Yoong Liat wrote:It it is wrongly written as 'First come, first serve', then I think it means since you come first, you have to serve the guest/s first.That might be what it would mean, but to my knowledge that expression with that meaning does not exist. It is simply a common error.

Philip wrote:common sense "corrects" the intended meaning.C.B. Thanks for pointing this out. I love the way you exprssed it! I am seldom guilty of this common error myself, but I often don't catch it it others' writing. I guess I have a good deal of common sense.Hi PhilipAs I said, similar...

common sense "corrects" the intended meaning.C.B. Thanks for pointing this out. I love the way you exprssed it! I am seldom guilty of this common error myself, but I often don't catch it it others' writing. I guess I have a good deal of common sense.