COMMON ERRORS IN USING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE:

Bow down our heads-" bow" lang, kasi wala namang bow up. We may bow our heads
when praying.
Sit down- it's better to say " take a seat", " have a seat".
Past experience - Dapat experience lang kasi all experiences happened in the past,
redundant na sya.
Moral Lesson - Dapat moral or lesson lang kasi pareho sila ng meaning.
Anyways- walang anyways, anyway lng dapat.
Salvage - means to save hindi pinatay (kahit saang dictionary tingnan)
Traffic- Ibig sabihin galaw ng mga sasakyan. dapat sabihin kung heavy, light or
moderate.
Whole - pronounced as hole, hindi hul or hool
Color blue, red, green etc. - Dapat sabihin lang na red, green or blue, di na kailangan
sabihin na color, kasi obvious na kulay yun.
Monthsary - Walang salitang ganito dapat happy 1st month, 2nd month etc.
Trainor - Walang salitang ganito, dapat trainer, kasi wala naman teachor or enginor.
Advisory Class - Ibig pong sabihin nito ang class ang taga-bigay ng advice (advisory
means giving advice) dapat po advisee or advisees - ibig sabihin taga-tanggap ng
advice.
Naka-short, naka-pajama - dapat laging plural like pants, pag short at pajama lang,
kalahati lang sinuot mo, dapat shorts or pajamas.
With regards - Dapat with regard (walang s)
Ball pen- Dapat pen lang marami kasing klase ng pen may fountain pen, technical pen,
saka ball point pen.
Pentel Pen - Dapat permanent marker, puwede ring white board marker, Pentel po ay
brand.
Haunted house - Yung pronunciation kasi nila rito ay hunted house, iba po ang Hunted
sa Haunted, para ring Continuous (Tuloy-tuloy) ay iba sa Continues (Tinutuloy).
Officemate - Walang salitang ganito - dapat co-worker or colleague
Tuck-in or Tuck-out - Ibig sabihin ng Tuck ay ipasok, redundant na yung tuck-in, lalo
namang napakaimposible mag tuck-out, right terms ay Tuck and Untuck.
Rubber shoes- Ano yun, sapatos na goma? Dapat po ay sneakers
Blackboard - nakita na nga na green eh chalkboard po ang tawag dun.
Birthday Celebrant - Celebrant usually ay pari sa misa, ang tao na nagcecelebrate ng
birthday ay Birthday Celebrator.
Blow-out - Pag manlilibre ay mag-treat, ano yung blow-out, pasabugin?
Flower - Sa baraha, hindi po bulaklak yun, clover po yun, (isang uri ng dahon).
Ref - Shortcut raw ng Refrigerator, yun po ay short cut ng Referee or Reference, Fridge
po ang shortcut ng Refrigerator.
Science - Pronunciation po ay Sci-ence (sayens), hindi po signs (sayns).
On behalf - kasama/ kabilang ang mga..
In Behalf - para sa mga..
TIN NUMBER or PIN number – yun ”N” number na pag binuo, Okay na yun PIN at TIN
hindi PIN number or TIN number.
Redundant phrases: REPEAT AGAIN, FIRST AND FOREMOST, JOIN TOGETHER,
EACH AND EVERYONE, THE REASON IS BECAUSE, EXACTLY THE SAME,
FUTURE PLAN
PINAKA-UNA, PINAKA-HULI, PINAKADULO, PINAKA-LATEST – Pag una, una na,
wala nang uuna pa, pag huli na, yun na yung dulo.
MAIN BRANCH – Pag main, yun na yung headquarters, branch ay sangay.
FALL IN LINE : Dapat form a line, or line-up, mahuhulog ka ba sa guhit?
MASTERAL – Studies after finishing your college. Dapat MASTERS
ELLIPSIS MARK- kala ng iba, mas maraming period or dots mas maraming emotions
kagaya nito.....
ALREADY - Karamihang Pilipino ay naglalagay ng already sa hulihan ng sentence ibig
sabihin e “na”. Halimbawa “I went there already.” Dapat e “I already went there.”
COPE UP – Dapat COPE lang, FALL DOWN, meron bang nag FALL-UP?
COMPARING – She is better than him. Dapat He. Shortcut ng: She is better than he is.
BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Wrong position – HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY dapat
TAKE-OUT – pag nagpapabalot, dapat “To go"
ACCIDENT PRONE AREA – Kelan naaksidente ang lugar? Dapat “High risk area.”
We accept TV REPAIRS – We repair TVs.
NEXT NEXT WEEK – The week after next or after 2 weeks. LAST LAST WEEK, The
week before last week or 2 weeks ago.
INSPITE – Dapat 2 words “In spite” pag despite dapat walang “of” na kasama,
Halimbawa, The awarding ceremonies pushed through despite the strong rain.
NEWLY GRADUATE – Dapat “new graduate” because an adverb does not describe a
noun.
HEALTHY FOOD – Malusog na pagkain? Dapat healthful food.
Maraming English speakers rin yung gumagamit nito and it means hindi lang tayo ang
mga nagkakamali. But jewel na ating malaman ang dapat. Again pag nag-correct,
huwag mang-asar, hindi yung i-degrade natin yung tao. Kundi palambing, para
maappreciate nila. No need to offend them. Thank you and GOD bless.