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Welcome To

Common Errors in
Parts of Speech - 2

WITH
DHIRAJ GABEJA

● 9 years of teaching experience


● Taught & Mentored 10,000+ students.
● Trained 1000+ people of all age groups on
communication skills
Common Errors in
Parts of Speech - 2
NOUNS
-A noun is a word that names something: either a
person, place, or thing. In a sentence, nouns can play
the role of subject, direct object, indirect object etc.
ERRORS IN THE USE OF NOUNS

(A)Singular Nouns: Using an uncountable noun


as a countable noun with an indefinite article.

Wrong-Anita’s mother gave her an advice.

Right-Anita’s mother gave her some advice.(or a


piece of advice)

(B)Plural Nouns: Several nouns are always


plural. Pants, braces, glasses, goods, trousers
are examples of such nouns.

Her scissor is blunt - Incorrect

Her scissors are blunt - Correct


Incorrect : Please put your sign here.

Correct: Please put your signature here.

Incorrect: She is my cousin sister.

Correct: She is my cousin.

Expressions like cousin sister and cousin brother are

inappropriate.

Incorrect: I saw many deers in the jungle.

Correct: I saw many deer in the jungle.


PRONOUNS

Pronoun is a word that is used instead of a

Noun.

For example:

• They went to the store.

• He runs a great shop in the town.


ERRORS IN THE USE OF PRONOUNS

(i)Using the object form of pronoun after ‘than’

and ‘as’ in comparison.

•She is not as good singer as him - Incorrect

• She is not as good singer as he is. - Correct

(ii)Using the object form of pronoun after the

verbs am, is, are, was, were.

• It was him who stood first. - Incorrect

• It was he who stood first. - Correct


ERRORS IN THE USE OF PRONOUNS

Incorrect: None but me turned up.

Correct: None but I turned up.

Incorrect: They are all wrong except I.

Correct: They are all wrong except me.

Incorrect: His teaching was like Buddha.

Correct: His teaching was like that of Buddha.


ADJECTIVES
Adjectives are words that describe the qualities
or states of being of nouns. They can also
describe the quantity of nouns: many, few,
millions, eleven.
For example:
• Furry dogs may overheat in the summertime.
• James wore a beautiful hat at the party.
● My cake should have sixteen candles.
ERRORS IN THE USE OF ADJECTIVES

(i)Use of double comparative and superlative.

• (W)-He is more stronger than me. - Incorrect

• (R)-He is stronger than me. - Correct

(ii) Use of superlative while making comparisons

between two things.

• (W)-This chair is the best of the two - Incorrect

• (R)-This chair is the better of the two - Correct


ERRORS IN THE USE OF ADJECTIVES

Incorrect: Chennai is further from Delhi than

Gurgaon.

Correct: Chennai is farther from Delhi than

Gurgaon.

Incorrect: You have much dresses.

Correct: You have many dresses.


VERBS

Verbs are the action words in a sentence that

describe what the subject is doing.

For example:

• shila eats his dinner quickly.

• We went to the market.

• You write neatly in your notebook.


Errors in the use of verbs
Study the following sentences.

● Incorrect: She told to me an interesting


story.
● Correct: She told me an interesting story.

The verb tell is followed by an indirect object


without to.

● Incorrect: She told that she wouldn’t


come.
● Correct: She told me that she wouldn’t
come. OR She said that she wouldn’t
come.
● Incorrect: I want that you should be my partner.
● Correct: I want you to be my partner.
●
● incorrect: We discussed about his plans.
● Correct: We discussed his plans.
●
● Incorrect: He described about the situation.
● Correct: He described the situation.
●
● Incorrect: I have ordered for two cups of coffee.
● Correct: I have ordered two cups of coffee.
ADVERBS
An adverb is a word that is used to change, modify
or qualify several types of words including an adjective,
a verb, a clause, another adverb, or any other type of
word or phrase, with the exception of determiners and
adjectives, that directly modify nouns.
• It was an extremely bad match.
• There are quite a lot of people here. .
• Mandy drives carefully.
Common errors with adverbs

Error 1
(Incorrect): She is very much beautiful.

(Correct): She is very beautiful.

(Incorrect): I am very much sorry.

(Correct): I am very sorry.

The expressions very much and very many are


uncommon in affirmative sentences, but they are
possible in questions and negatives.
Error 2

(Incorrect): He was very foolish enough to trust her.

(Correct): He was too foolish to trust her.

(Correct): He was foolish enough to trust her.

(Correct: He was so foolish that he trusted her.

Enough cannot be modified by very.


Error 3

(Incorrect): I managed to do it anyhow.

(Correct): I managed to do it somehow.

Anyhow means in disorder. Somehow means by some

means.

Anyhow can also mean for certain.

E.g., He may not win but anyhow I shall.


Error 4
(Incorrect): He told the story in details.

(Correct): He told the story in detail.

Error 5
(Incorrect): Before long there was no one there.

(Correct): Long ago there was no one there.

We use ago to count from now.

We use before to count from a past moment.


PREPOSITIONS
Prepositions indicate relationships between
other words in a sentence. Prepositions tell us where
or when something is in relation to something else.
For example:
• Sam left his jacket in the car.
• Did you send that letter to your mother?
• We’re cooking for ten guests tonight.
• Dan ate lunch with his boss.
ERRORS IN THE USE OF PREPOSITIONS
(i)Use ‘of’ (not ‘over’) after ‘command’.
• (W)-You must have excellent command over spoken
and written English.
• (R)-You must have excellent command of spoken
and written English.
(ii)Use ‘on’ (not ‘for’) after ‘congratulate’ and ‘insist’.
• (W)-I congratulate you for your victory.
• (R)-I congratulate you on your victory.
• Incorrect: Send this letter on my new address.
• Correct: Send this letter to my new address.
• Incorrect: she goes in the school.
• Correct: she goes to the school.
CONJUNCTIONS
Conjunctions are words that link other words,
phrases, or clauses together. Conjunctions allow us to
form complex, elegant sentences and avoid the
choppiness of multiple short sentences.
For example:
• I tried to hit the nail but hit my thumb instead.
• You can have peach ice cream or a brownie
sundae.
• I have two goldfish and a cat.
Errors in use of Conjunction:
1.‘Scarcely’ and ‘hardly’ is followed by ‘when’.
Example:
Incorrect -Hardly had I slept then the telephone rang.
Correct - Hardly had I slept when the telephone rang.

2· using ‘Though’ and ‘Yet’ in the same sentence


Example:
Incorrect- Though ram work hard yet he failed.
Correct - Though ram work hard he failed.
3· ‘No sooner’ is followed by ‘than’.
Example:
Incorrect- No sooner did he reach then it began to rain.
Correct- No sooner did he reach than it began to rain.
4· ‘Not only’ is followed by ‘but also’.

Example:
Not only did he help her, but also dropped her
home safely.

5.Unless means if…not. Therefore it is wrong to use


another not in a sentence with unless.
Example:
Incorrect: Unless you do not try, you will never succeed.

Correct: Unless you try, you will never succeed.


Interjection
An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as
an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous
feeling or reaction.
It is a diverse category, encompassing many different
parts of speech, such as
exclamations (ouch!, wow!),
curses (damn!),
greetings (hey, bye),
response particles (okay, oh!, m-hm, huh?),
hesitation markers (uh, er, um) and
other words (stop, cool).
Usually no errors are associated with Interjections
because they are isolated expressions and are
preceded by a sentence. Yet, some people use
interjections in opposite contexts.

For Example:

Incorrect

1. Yahoo! He has failed.


2. Hush! Tell everybody.
3. What pity? He won a lottery

Correct

1. Alas! He has failed.


2. Hush! Don't tell anybody.
3. What a pity! He lost his money.
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