Comments on: 20 Common English Grammar Mistakes Not to Pass on to Your Students https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/ Grads since 1992 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:26:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.5 By: Josephine Gibbs https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-25325 Wed, 05 Jan 2022 12:47:22 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-25325 Hi you have forgotten to include homophones and homonyms that changes meaning depending where the stress is placed. For example, ‘object – has a stress on the first syllable, it means the thing-noun but if the stress is on the second syllable, obje’ct, its means disagree or oppose-verb. This applies to re’fuse-refu’se, etc. Then, there’s the homographs…My pet peeve is mistaking the contraction ‘they’re’ for the pronoun ‘their’ or you’re for ‘your’.

]]> By: Robin W Jones https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-7026 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 02:36:33 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-7026 thanks would like this emailed 2 me!

]]> By: felipe galeana https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-5512 Sat, 14 Oct 2017 02:18:18 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-5512 I would love to get from time to time some of this posts in my mail to keep me updated and that way I can help the kids around here.
Thanks for your help with this matter.
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]]> By: Liz Evans https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-1951 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:26:45 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-1951 The nauseous and nauseated thing is something my mom taught us early on. If YOU are nauseous, it means you make other people nauseated. A smell can be nauseous, but not a person (well, they CAN if they smell bad, but that’s beside the point!). When you feel like you’re going to throw up, you’re nauseated. The smell of cabbage cooking is nauseous. It doesn’t make you nauseous, it makes you nauseated.

]]> By: Four ESL Teaching Tips for Your First Classroom: Teaching English Abroad Blog https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-1920 Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:44:12 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-1920 […] 20 Common English Mistakes not to Pass on to Your Students […]

]]> By: Tammy https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-566 Thu, 29 Oct 2015 19:33:14 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-566 Great Point, Lisa! It is still important for teachers to understand the correct usage, and then as part of the course, we cover when you should or should not correct students depending on the level they are at and the objective of your lesson.

]]> By: Lisa https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-561 Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:31:49 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-561 The examples you provide as the “exceptions” are extremely rare and for the purposes of TESOL education, it is best to emphasize the general rule, which is that “affect” is a verb and “effect” is a noun. No need to present the exceptions and confuse students. Most native speakers (especially in the U.S. don’t understand the general rule and rarely, if ever, use the exceptions.

]]> By: Heggs https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-546 Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:47:11 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-546 The ‘h’ in ‘herb’ is not a silent consonant where I’m from (the SE of England)….

]]> By: Young Stalvey https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-176 Mon, 31 Aug 2015 12:55:55 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-176 It seems like the majority of people I encounter think that it s never correct to say Jane and me , and will say please join Jane and I for dinner instead of the correct please join Jane and me for dinner . Knowing that it s such a common mistake, it peeves me that others must think I m wrong whenever I use the correct form.

]]> By: Abby https://blog.oxfordseminars.ca/20-common-english-mistakes-not-to-pass-on-to-your-students/#comment-128 Fri, 31 Jul 2015 23:42:02 +0000 http://www.oxfordseminars.com/blog/?p=723#comment-128 What a great conversation, everyone! Great job of keeping us on our toes! This post was intended to be a quick list of pointers regarding grammar, but we believe your feedback more than proves that the English language is very complex, and depending on which reputable source you use, the answer may differ. What’s more, as society has evolved due to influences such as social media, the vernacular has also changed, which throws yet another factor into this already overflowing pool.

You will see that we’ve gone in and greatly modified our original post to provide corrections, clarifications and further explanations. If you notice anything else, please don’t hesitate to let us know. We thank you for your feedback and welcome more! Let the conversation continue! :)

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