Mini project

Common Mistakes
in English Syntax

DONE BY TUREKHANOVA AIZHAN, TESOL

What are syntax
errors in English?

A SYNTAX ERROR IS A MISTAKE IN

USING A LANGUAGE THAT INVOLVES
ORGANIZING WORDS AND PHRASES
THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE. IN SHORT,
SYNTAX TELLS YOU HOW A
SENTENCE IS WORDED AND
STRUCTURED, WHICH CAN EASILY BE
MISCONSTRUED.
 THE USE OF
“WHO” AND “WHOM”

Who – subjunctive pronoun, like “he”, “she”, it” – act as a subject.

Whom – objective pronoun, like “her”, “him”, “us”

 THE USE OF
“LAY” AND “LIE”

Lay – transitive verb, needs a direct subject and an object.

Lie – intransitive verb and needs no object.

 THE USE OF
“CONTINUAL”
AND
“CONTINUOUS”

Continual – something is constantly occurring, but with lapses in occurrences.

Continuous – something that continues without any stops or gaps.

 THE USE OF
“WHETHER” AND “IF”

Whether – conditional, used when there are two or more alternatives.

If – no alternative.
 THE USE OF
“FATHER” AND “FURTHER”

Father – used for physical distance.

Further – used for abstract lengths.

 THE USE OF
“DISINTERESTED” AND “UNINTERESTED”

Disinterested – someone who is impartial.

Uninterested – someone who really just couldn’t care less.

 THE USE OF
“SINCE” AND “BECAUSE”

Since – time – related.

Because – cause related.

 THE USE OF
“BRING” AND “TAKE”

Bring – moving an object towards something.

Take – moving an object away from something.

 THE USE OF
“AFFECT” AND “EFFECT”

Affect – almost always a verb, means to influence.

Effect – usually describes the result or an outcome. In some cases, is used as a transitive verb.
 THE USE OF
“I.E” AND “E.G”

i.e – you are describing the essence of something.

e.g – basically used for listing down or enumerating examples.