#common_mistakes
💥Lane
😱It was so dark in the park that she kept wandering from the lane.✖️
😇It was so dark in the park that she kept wandering from the
path.
☆lane=a narrow road or street:
•We rode our bikes along the little country
lanes.
☆path=a narrow strip of ground in a garden, park etc that is made for
people to walk along.
•There used to be a path down to the stream, but
it's all overgrown now.'
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💥Keep up
😱People of normal weight should keep up eating the food they are
used to.✖️
😇People of normal weight should keep (on) eating the food
they are used to.✔️
☆keep (on) doing sth (or carry on doing sth)=continue to do
something (instead of stopping).
•Just keep (on) going till you come to a
crossroads.'
• 'You should keep (on) taking the tablets until they're all
gone.'
◇Note the alternative:
~People of normal weight should just keep to their normal diet.✔️
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♻️I adviced him to tell the police ❌
♻️I advised him to tell the police. ✅
🔰Advice /is a noun. Advise / is a verb.
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♻️According to me, we should spend more money on education. ❌
♻️In my opinion, we should spend more money on education. ✅
🔰according to + the writer/Or Owen/her teachers/them
etc (NOT me/us): '
🔹According to Charles Anderson, the government should pay
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🔹Dismount or get off a horse, etc.,
🔸 not come down from a horse, etc.
Don’t say: They came down from their horses.❌
Say: They got off their horses.✅
Note: We get out of a taxi or a car. We get on or off the train, the bus, etc.
🔹Go on foot
🔸not go with the feet.
Don’t say: Shall we go there with the feet?❌
Say: Shall we go there on foot?✅
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♻️Go for a ride on a bicycle, etc. 🚫not go for a walk on a bicycle, etc.
Don’t say: We went for a walk on our bicycles.❌
Say: We went for a ride on our bicycles.✅
Note: We ride on a bicycle, on horseback, etc., but we ride in a bus, train, or other public vehicle.
♻️
Mount or get on a horse, etc.
🚫not ride a horse, etc.
Don’t say: Peter rode his horse and went home.❌
Say: Peter got on his horse and rode home.✅
Note: To ride denotes a continuous action To mount or to get on denotes a simple action
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⚜Disagree⚜
5⃣
😱I am disagree with the statement.✔️
😇I disagree with the statement.✔️
⚜Disagree is used only as a verb (NOT as an adjective):
◇She always disagrees with me.'
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⚜Disagree⚜
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😱I disagree that heart transplants should be stopped.✖️
😇I don't agree that heart transplants should be stopped.✔️
⚜When the subject is a particular person,use not agree to introduce a
that clause:
◇'I don't agree that the people there are repressed.
◇''She cannot agree that farmers should be an exception.'
⚜In more general statements,disagree is usually used with not, nobody etc before a that clause, to give an affirmative meaning;
◇'No one can disagree that these crimes must be stopped.'(=everyonemust agree
that ...) .
◇'Few would disagree that she has served her country well.'
(= most would agree that ...)
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⚜Disagree⚜
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😱She disagreed totally to what I said.✖️
😇She disagreed totally with what I said.✔️
😱Some people disagree to the death penalty.✖️
😇Some peopledisagreewith the death penalty.✔️
⚜disagree with sb/sth:
◇ 'I disagreed with their interpretation of the statistics.'
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⚜Disagree⚜
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😱As a conservationist, I strongly disagree with the removal of these trees.✖️
😇As a conservationist,I strongly object to the removal of
these trees.✔️
⚜object (to sth) = say that you are against something.
◇''No member of the Council has ever objected to this principle.
◇''He objects to being treated
like a child.'
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⚜Disagree⚜
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😱Those who disagreed to join the army were put in prison.✖️
😇Those who refused to join the army were put in prison.✔️
⚜disagree= not have the same opinion:
◇'He disagreed with nearly everything I said.'
◇ 'Why did she disagree with you?'
◇'We tended to disagree about politics, but we were still good friends.'
⚜refuse (to do sth) = say that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do:
◇'The students were asked to leave the building but
they refused.
◇''If anyone refuses to pay their bill, send for the manager.'
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⚜Extreme⚜
😨Since he stopped smoking, there has been an extreme
improvement in his health .✖️
😇 Since he stopped smoking, there has been a dramatic
improvement in his health.✔️
😨Doctors have to keep up with all the extreme new medical
developments .✖️
😇 Doctors have to keep up with all the major new medical
developments.✔️
🔮Extreme is mainly used to describe situations, behaviour, opinions and
beliefs: 'extreme poverty', 'extreme caution', 'extreme views', 'extreme disappointment'.
🔮When you are talking about a change or development, use words such
as great / major/important/considerable/dramatic:
➖'Without these major
changes, the company would have collapsed.'