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5 Common Mistakes in English

Page 2: English editing

5 common mistakes:

Sequence of tenses: Wrong: The student believed that the policeman will help him.

Right: The student believed that the policeman would help him.

Degree of adjectives: Wrong: He feels comparatively better today

Right: He feels comparatively well today

Prepositions: Wrong: We discussed about the matter in our meeting.

Right: We discussed the matter in our meeting.

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5 mistakes continued....

Wrong use of words: Wrong: She excepted my proposal.

Right: She accepted my proposal.

Wrong use of active/ passive voice: Wrong: His father was died last year.

Right: His father died last year.

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