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    War Against Grammar Errors No. Symbol Type of Error Frequency

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    This document lists 28 common types of grammar errors, providing examples for each. The most frequent errors include issues with subject-verb agreement, active/passive voice, missing or wrong verbs, prepositions, articles, tenses, infinitives, past participles, modal verbs, pronouns, contractions, numbers, and capitalization. Common errors also involve punctuation, spelling, conjunctions, adverbs, and word choice. The document serves as a reference for identifying and correcting a wide range of grammatical mistakes.

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    WAR AGAINST GRAMMAR ERRORS

    No. Symbol Type of Error Frequency


    1 SVA Subject & verb agreement
    She like (She likes) / One of the boys like (One of the boys likes) /
    collecting the mangoes which was thrown down (collecting the
    mangoes which were thrown down)
    2 AV/PV Active / Passive voice
    She was longed for the mangoes. (She longed for the mangoes.) /
    My dog was died. (My dog died.) / Pesticides are use. (Pesticides
    are used.)
    3 MV Missing verb (mother tongue interference)
    She happy. (She is happy.) / You two fellows naughty. (You two
    fellows are naughty.)
    4 DNB Do not… base form
    Did not saw (did not see)

    5 MP Missing preposition
    I am proud you. (I am proud of you.) / I waited you. (I waited for
    you.) / After hearing the tragedy (After hearing about the tragedy)
    6 WP Wrong preposition
    In the midnight (at midnight) / at the ground (on the ground) / I am
    interested with you. (I am interested in you.)
    7 MA Missing article
    Please pass water to me. (Please pass the water to me.) / My
    father is teacher. (My father is a teacher.)
    8 WA Wrong article
    He is a principal of my school. (He is the principal of my school.)

    9 WT Wrong tense
    What happen to my goods? (What happened to my goods?) /
    Yesterday I go (Yesterday I went) / I went to Taiping and buy (I
    went to Taiping and bought)
    10 CT Continuous tense
    I going to the stalls. (I am/was/will be going to the stalls)

    11 I Infinitive (to…)
    to climbed (to climb) / to climbing (to climb) / to climbs (to climb)

    12 PP Past Participle
    had reach (had reached) / I have forgot (I have forgotten) / You will
    be send (You will be sent ) / Dying your hair is not allow in school
    (Dying your hair is not allowed in school)
    13 Mod Modal Verb
    can, could, may, might, will, would, shall, should, must… base form
    can jumped (can jump)
    14 SH saw him…. heard him….
    I saw him stole (I saw him steal / stealing) / I heard her sang (I
    heard her sing / singing)
    15 ’s Apostrophe s
    My uncle house (My uncle’s house)
    16 It’s its; it’s
    The cat lost it’s tail. (The cat lost its tail.) /
    Its raining. (It is raining)
    17 Your Your ; you’re
    “Your pretty.” (“You’re pretty.”) /
    you’re bag (your bag)
    18 XCon No contractions unless in direct speech.
    don’t (do not) / it’s (it is) / He’s (he is)

    19 1-10 Avoid using numbers in writing, especially 1-10


    3 cars (three cars)

    20 No. Number
    Chee Keong and Chee Meng are brother. (Chee Keong and Chee
    Meng are brothers.) / One of the boy (One of the boys)
    21 DL Donkey is always last
    I and my friends (My friends and I)

    22 Body Everyone / everybody / No one / Nobody / Somebody / Someone


    (indefinite pronouns)
    Everybody love Raymond. (Everybody loves Raymond.) /
    No one like her. (No one likes her.)
    *Someone likes (verb) you. *Somebody like (preposition) you.
    23 to…to to … and to …
    to hide and to tried (to hide and to try) /
    She started to slap and scolded me. (She started to slap and to
    scold me.)
    24 AB Although…but (x)
    Although it is an old car, but it's very reliable.
    (It's an old car, but it's very reliable.)
    (Although it is an old car, it's very reliable.)
    25 WW Wrong word
    Like this, he would not suspect (In this way, he would not suspect) /
    unsatisfiedly (in discotent) / I cannot except your money. (I cannot
    accept your money.) / She is quite. (She is quiet.)
    26 Spell Spelling error
    goverment (government) / theifs (thieves)

    27 Punc Wrong punctuation


    Why are you sad. (Why are you sad?) /
    “Today is a nice day”! (“Today is a nice day!”)
    28 CAP Capital letter
    I went to london. (I went to London.)

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