... guide to the many uses of commas, but a quick tour of the most commonerrors involving them. The first thing to note is that the comma often marks a brief pause in the flow of a sentence, and ... are in agreement. AHOLD/HOLD In standard English you just "get hold" of something or somebody. AIN'T 29 Write "my love of dance was born of my viewing old Ginger ... separates minutes from hours in times of day when given in figures: "8:35." It is incorrect to substitute a semicolon in any of these cases. Think of the semicolon as erecting a little...
... students made nine translation errors, and 39 indefinite article omission errors. Table ( 3 ) Classification of the interference errors Type of error Number oferrors Percentage Translation ... (1978). Patterns in spelling errors. ELT. 23 (3): 207-212. 17. Kharma, N. (1981). Analysis oferrors committed by Arab university students in the use of the definite/indefinite articles. IRAL. ... On examining the classification of errors, one can recognize that the majority of these errors involve subject-verb agreement, which constitute 44.03% of the total number of the errors made...
... minute 492 tire391appear442strong493bring392road443special494yes393map444mind495distant394rain445behind496fill395rule446clear497east396govern447tail498paint397pull448produce499language398cold449fact500among399notice450street400voice451inch401unit452multiply402power453nothing403town454course404fine455stay405certain456wheel406fly457full407 ... Word251open297color343told252seem298face344knew253together299wood345pass254next300main346since255white301enough347top256 children 302 plain 348 whole257begin303girl349king258got304usual350space259walk305young351heard260example306ready352best261ease307above353hour262paper308ever354better263group309red355true ... tall1000 Most Common Words inEnglish - Numbers 501 - 725 - Vocabulary for ESL EFL TEFL TOEFL TESL English LearnerstRank Word Rank Word Rank Word751gentle797thick842print752woman798soldier843dead753captain799process844spot754practice800operate845desert755separate801guess846suit756difficult802necessary847current757...
... National Bureau of Statistics of China. China statistical year-book 2003 [in Chinese]. Beijing: China Statistics Press. 2003: 100-102. 19. Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Statistics. Chongqing statistic-al ... prevalence rates of refractive errorsin these areas are different from the results of epidemiological studies from China [8, 9, 10] and the prevalence of myopia is higher in China, indicating that ... refractions in Western China. In order to obtain the refractive status in school-age children in Western China, we selected Yongchuan District, Chongqing, a representative dis-trict in Western China,...
... She couldn’t explain the reason why she was here. She couldn’t explain the reason because she was here. 120. Think of I’m thinking of moving to Australia. I’m thinking to move to Australia. ... She couldn’t explain the reason why she was here. She couldn’t explain the reason because she was here. 120. Think of I’m thinking of moving to Australia. I’m thinking to move to Australia. ... Miles, 2010 29. Continually & continuously She’s continually taking days off. She missed Monday, Wednesday and Friday last week. She’s continuously taking days off. She missed Monday,...
... hours since my sister last rung D. My sister hasn’t rung since hours.11. Mary prefers to dance rather than sing.A. Mary prefers to dance than to sing. B. Mary prefers dancing than sing.C. ... prefers dancing than to sing. D. Mary prefers dancing to singing.12. It took him two hours to do his homework.A. He spent two hours to do his homework. B. He spent two hours doing his homework.C. ... two years since Mary began studying Vietnamese. D. All are correct14. I started going to school in 1997.A. I haven’t been a pupil when it was in 1997. B. I have been a student since 1997.C....
... original version of this saying, click here. Beginning a sentence with a conjunctionIt offends those who wish to confine English usage in a logical straitjacket that writers often begin sentences ... also discourage it in formal writing. But if “onto” makes sense, so does “off of. ” However, “off of meaning “from” in phrases like “borrow five dollars off of Clarice” is definitely nonstandard. ... can also be used in the sense of almost succeeding in striking a desired target: “His Cointreau soufflé was a near miss.” “None” singular vs. pluralSome people insist that since “none” is derived...
... original version of this saying, click here. Beginning a sentence with a conjunctionIt offends those who wish to confine English usage in a logical straitjacket that writers often begin sentences ... “onto” makes sense, so does “off of. ” However, “off of meaning “from” in phrases like “borrow five dollars off of Clarice” is definitely nonstandard. Till vs. ’til.Since it looks like an abbreviation ... can also be used in the sense of almost succeeding in striking a desired target: “His Cointreau soufflé was a near miss.” “None” singular vs. pluralSome people insist that since “none” is derived...
... One of + plural noun19. all of us = almost us20. keep + V-ing = continue to inf21. used to + V inf (habit in the past)=> am/is/are +used to +V-ing (habit in the present)22. Make sb +to infShe ... STRUCTURES OF THE SENTENCES IN ENGLISH 1.Would you like + Vinf … ?2. Would you mind + V-ing….?Would you mind if + clause (not true)3. You had better + V- inf- would rather + Vinf ….(than)- ... delighted at/ be interested in/ take part in/ Take care of = look after be bored with/ be fed up with/ be tired of/ tell sb about st/get rid of/ give up/ depend on/ be different from/explain st to...
... win the prize. / Say: Paula succeeded in winning the prize. 83 Think of + -ing. Don't say: 1 often think to go to England. / Say: 1 often think of going to England. 84 Tired of ... as fond of, insist on, tired of, succeed in. Examples: I'm tired of doing the work again. He succeeded in catching the rat. 3 After certain verbs, such as avoid, enjoy, finish, stop, ... certain words Note carefully the prepositions used after the follow in words: accuse of guilty of accustomed to independent of afraid of indifferent to aim at insist angry with, at interested...