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Fixing Common English Mistakes
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About Fixing Common English Mistakes
Course Introduction
Course Overview
Review of Word Forms
Confusing Nouns and Adjectives
Review of Adverb and Adjective Differences
Adjective or Adverb
Review of Comparatives and Superlatives
Common Comparative and Superlative Problems
Suffixes and Word Forms
Review of Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Countable and Uncountable Mixups
Review of Quantifiers
Confusing Common Quantifiers
Review of Articles
When 'The' is Not Needed
Common Proper Noun Mistakes
Special 'The' Cases
Typical 'An/And' Mixups
Review of Subject-Verb Agreement
Confusing Subjects: Part 1
Confusing Subjects: Part 2
Verb Tense Mistakes
Past and Future Verb Issues
Review of Present Simple Tense
Present Simple Usage Examples
Present Simple for Events and Stories
Review of Gerunds and Infinitives
When to Use Gerunds
Common Issues with Gerunds and Infinitives
Verbs that Go with Infinitives
Verbs that Go with Gerunds
Either Gerunds or Infinitives
Prepositions and Gerunds
Question Phrasing: Part 1
Question Phrasing: Part 2
My Pet Peeves
Odd Phrasing: Part 1
Odd Phrasing: Part 2
Redundancy: Part 1
Redundancy: Part 2
Final Thoughts
What You Will Learn?
- I’ve been teaching English for over ten years. In that time, I’ve seen A LOT of English mistakes. .
- Eventually, common patterns started to emerge. I began noticing that some English issues were common to most English learners. .
- I spent years collecting those common mistakes into a single course: this one!.
- Why learn about common mistakes? .
- Well, consider anything that you’ve learned to do very well. How did you get there? You learned something, then tried to do it, but it wasn’t perfect. So, after noticing some mistakes, you tried again and got better. That’s the learning process, and it’s no different when it comes to learning English. .
- In this journey through common mistakes, we’ll focus on English grammar, speaking, writing, and much more. We’ll cover useful phrases and vocabulary, and even discuss best practices to ensure you can learn from your mistakes. .
- Some of the main topics in the course include: .
- Are you ready to use mistakes as tools and take your English to the next level? If so, sign up now!.