أخطاء شائعة في اللغة الإنجليزية

[ابو غسان]

خطأ
Give me a sharp scissors


الصواب
Give me sharp scissors
Scissors = plural





خطأ
Your trousers is nice


الصواب
Your trousers are nice
Trousers = plural




في اللغة الإنجليزية ، العديد من الأدوات كالمقص والزرادية إلخ والنظارة وأيضا بعض الملابس كالبنطلون تعتبر جمعا وليست مفردا فمثلا البنطلون الواحد يعتبر "جمع" لأن له جهتين، لكل رجل جهة وهذه من الأشياء الغريبة في اللغة الإنجليزية . فإذا أردت ان تقول بنطلوني صغير تقول : My trousers are small
وليس My trousers is small وكذلك الأمر مع المقص والنظارة ومعظم الأشياء التي تتكون من قطعتين متصلتين. لغة عجيبة !!






خطأ
He gave me an advice


الصواب
He gave me a piece advice
كلمة advice غير معدودة

خطأ
Can you give me any informations


الصواب
Can you give me any information
كلمة Information غير معدودة فلا يمكن جمعها





خطأ
The room’s window


الصواب
The window of the room






خطأ
The door is still opened


الصواب
The door is still open





خطأ
It’s no good to talk to him


الصواب
It’s no good talking to him





خطأ
He talks as if he knows everything


الصواب
He talks as if he knew everything





خطأ
Would you mind if I go with you


الصواب
Would you mind if I went with you





خطأ
He is liar


الصواب
He is a liar
liar = noun not adj





خطأ
The letter is in it’s way to us


الصواب
The letter is on its way to us





خطأ
He is the tallest of the two


الصواب
He is the taller of the two





خطأ
At the end, they finished


الصواب
In the end, they finished






خطأ
The reason is because I believe it


الصواب
The reason is that I believe it





خطأ
He maybe right


الصواب
He may be right
منفصلة





خطأ
He didn’t speak loudly and clearly


الصواب
He didn’t speak loudly or clearly





خطأ
He is better than all students


الصواب
He is the best of all other students
لأنه واحد منهم





خطأ
My work is more perfect than his


الصواب
My work is better than his
كلمة perfect ليس فيها تفضيل وكذلك الكلمات Unique, supreme, right

خطأ
Clarifications will be given

الصواب
Clarification will be given
كلمة Clarification غير معدودة ولايمكن جمعها




خطأ
The bookshop deals with books

الصواب
The bookshop deals in books

Deal in = sell and buy



خطأ
I swim everyday

الصواب
I swim every day
Every day =adv



خطأ
It is very hot to play football

الصواب
It is too hot to play football



خطأ
Although the question was difficult, few people were able to answer it

الصواب
Although the question was difficult, a few people were able to answer it
Few = negative
A few = positive


خطأ
He has less books than I have

الصواب
He has fewer books than I have
“less” for quantity, value



خطأ
He came latter than me

الصواب
He came later than I




خطأ
The last half of the year was busy

الصواب
The latter half of the year was busy



خطأ
The scenery is of a beautiful sand dune

الصواب
The scene is of a beautiful sand dune
Scene = one place



خطأ
The fire caused many damages

الصواب
The fire caused much damage
كلمة damage هنا غير معدودة ولايمكن جمعها




خطأ
Cure from illness

الصواب
Cure of illness



خطأ
I will leave to Jeddah tomorrow

الصواب
I will leave for Jeddah tomorrow




خطأ
I was surprised from/of the news

الصواب
I was surprised at the news
Also shocked, amazed



خطأ
The murderer was hung

الصواب
The murderer was hanged

خطأ
How is things

الصواب
How are things




خطأ
He objected to be treated like that

الصواب
He objected to being treated like that





خطأ
Nobody will succeed to pass this test

الصواب
Nobody will succeed in passing this test






خطأ
They use new machineries

الصواب
They use new machinery
uncountable





خطأ
Mathematics are not easy to learn

الصواب
Mathematics is not easy to learn
uncountable





خطأ
Ali as well as Khalid are coming

الصواب
Ali as well as Khalid is coming







خطأ
The team was divided in its opinion

الصواب
The team were divided in their opinion






خطأ
The number of employees are increasing

الصواب
The number of employees is increasing





خطأ
A number of employees is absent today


الصواب
A number of employees are absent today






خطأ
They wear same clothes

الصواب
They wear the same clothes





خطأ
He travelled lonely

الصواب
He travelled alone
Lonely is not an adverb




خطأ
He gave the answer of the question

الصواب
He gave the answer to the question







خطأ
He owns a big land

الصواب
He owns a lot of land
Opposite = not much





خطأ
Although I’m busy, but I‘ll go to him

الصواب
Although I’m busy, I‘ll go to him





خطأ
I never work in weekends

الصواب
I never work at/on weekends





خطأ
This trip costed me a lot

الصواب
This trip cost me a lot






خطأ
Every body should work hard

الصواب
Everybody should work hard
Every body = every dead body






خطأ
It is too hot in the desert

الصواب
It is very hot in the desert



خطأ
That is an every day occurrence

الصواب
That is an everyday occurrence
Every day (adj.)



خطأ
Everyone of your tires needs replacing

الصواب
Every one of your tires needs replacing
“Everyone” is only used about people and can never be followed by of



خطأ
The colour and style of this shirt fits me

الصواب
The colour and style of this shirt suit me



خطأ
Our office is in/at the second floor

الصواب
Our office is on the second floor



خطأ
Are you inferring that I am not telling the truth

الصواب
Are you implying that I am not telling the truth



خطأ
The dealer reassured me of the quality of the car

الصواب
The dealer assured me of the quality of the car



خطأ
There are many intelligents in this school

الصواب
There are many intelligent students in this school



خطأ
I tried many times and at last I failed

الصواب
I tried many times and finally I failed
“at last” is used when something good happens



خطأ
The cost of life keeps rising, but my salary stays same

الصواب
The cost of living keeps rising, but my salary stays the same



خطأ
Most of the people use cars

الصواب
Most people use cars



خطأ
Ali goes to Indian restaurants much

الصواب
Ali goes to Indian restaurants so/too much



خطأ
None of us are ready yet

الصواب
None of us is ready yet
are = spoken



خطأ
I can not understand him

الصواب
I cannot understand him



خطأ
“A problem occurred to me” means “ I had a problem”

الصواب
“A problem occurred to me” means “ I thought of a problem”



خطأ
The engine of the car is in front of it

الصواب
The engine of the car is in the front of it



خطأ
You are invited to partake in some food

الصواب
You are invited to partake of some food



خطأ
He has small chance of winning

الصواب

He has little/not much chance of winning

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المراجع:

Hewings, Martin. Advanced Grammar in Use. Cambridge University Press 1999


Azar, Betty Schrampfer. Understanding and using English Grammar. Prentice-Hall Inc. 1989


Oxford Dictionary


Longman Dictionary

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