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Common Errors Using English Language
Common Errors Using 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.
Traffic- Ibig sabihin galaw ng mga sasakyan. dapat sabihin kung heavy, light or moderate.
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).
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.
Birthday Celebrant - Celebrant usually ay pari sa misa, ang tao na nagcecelebrate ng birthday ay Birthday
Celebrator.
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.
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.
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.
ACCIDENT PRONE AREA – Kelan naaksidente ang lugar? Dapat “High risk area.”
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.
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.