البرنسيسة
03-12-2009, 12:48 AM
Hello friends I will list here some common mistakes in English among Arabic speakers and I wish for your help to make an exhaustive list of the most common errors.
1- The use of like instead of as ,e.g.
He plays like his brother does.*
2-plenty instead of plenty of ,e.g.
* I have plenty work to do .
3- much of / from instead of much ,e.g.
* I have much of money .
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4- died instead of dead , e. g
* when I reached the house I found that my pet died.
5- pain instead of hurt , e.g.
* My leg is paining me .
6- it's instead of its m e.g.
* The cat was playing with it's tail.
7- good instead of well , e.g.
* The musician played good.
8- afraid of instead of fear , e.g.
* I don’t afraid of dogs.
1- The use of like instead of as ,e.g.
He plays like his brother does.*
2-plenty instead of plenty of ,e.g.
* I have plenty work to do .
3- much of / from instead of much ,e.g.
* I have much of money .
http://www.wataonline.net/site/uploads/smil3dbd4dbc14f3f.gifhttp://www.wataonline.net/site/uploads/smil3dbd4dbc14f3f.gifhttp://www.wataonline.net/site/uploads/smil3dbd4dbc14f3f.gif
4- died instead of dead , e. g
* when I reached the house I found that my pet died.
5- pain instead of hurt , e.g.
* My leg is paining me .
6- it's instead of its m e.g.
* The cat was playing with it's tail.
7- good instead of well , e.g.
* The musician played good.
8- afraid of instead of fear , e.g.
* I don’t afraid of dogs.