common_mistakes

❌I’m in the plane.
✔️ I’m on the plane.

❌ I’m in the bus.
✔️ I’m on the bus.

Contractions

💫 Learn some contractions and abbreviations used in conversational speech.

⚠️ Note: You are not allowed to use contractions in "writing".

⚠️ In contrast, in international exams, using contractions just in "speaking part" increases your score.

gonna   👉  going to
I'm gonna talk to him.
we're gonna win this game.

Gotta   👉  got to -> have to
I gotta go now. -> I have to go now.
you gotta be careful.

have gotta   👉  have got to -> have to
I've gotta go now. -> I have to go now.

Wanna   👉  want to
I wanna hold your hand.

Lemme   👉  let me
lemme ask you something.
lemme call you back.

Gimme   👉  give me
Gimme a break.
Gimme some money!

Outta   👉  out of
we'd better get outta here!
get outta my way!

Kinda   👉  kind of
I think it's kinda funny.
kinda outta luck.
What kinda music do you like?

Imma   👉  I am going to
Imma talk to him.

Hafta   👉  have to, must
I hafta go now. I'll talk to you later.

oughta   👉  ought to
It's too late. I oughta back home right now.

shoulda   👉  should have
You shoulda done it.

Dunno   👉  don't know/doesn't know
I dunno what to say.

Nope/Nah/Naa   👉  No
Nope, I'm not going. I'll be here more.

Betcha  👉  bet you
I betcha this movie is a good one, lemme buy a ticket.

Lotsa  👉  lots of
There are lotsa chicks right there.

Lotta  👉  lot of
I saw a lotta courage out there, and a lotta hard work.

Gotcha  👉  I've got you -> I understand
Please don't do that again.  Answer: Gotcha

➖Using the wrong preposition

Sit at a desk etc., not on a desk etc.

✖️Don't say: The bank manager was sitting on his desk.

✔️Say: The bank manager was sitting at his desk.

Note: Also:

💡sit at a table
💡sit on a chair
💡sit on a bench
💡sit on a sofa

💡sit in an armchair
💡sit in a tree or up a tree
A bird sometimes perches (=sits) on a tree.

collocations

❤️have

have a drink
have a good time
have a haircut
have a holiday
have a problem
have a relationship
have a rest
have lunch
have sympathy


❤️take

take a break
take a chance
take a look
take a rest
take a seat
take a taxi
take an exam
take notes
take someone's place
take someone's temperature


❤️do

do business
do nothing
do someone a favour
do the cooking
do the housework
do the shopping
do your best
do your hair
do your homework
Do the dishes
Do the laundry 



❤️ get

get a job
get a shock
get angry
get divorced
get drunk
get frightened
get home
get lost
get married
get nowhere
get permission
get pregnant
get ready
get started
get the impression
get the message
get upset
get wet
get worried

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📌 absorbed in not at ...

🔗 He was absorbed at his work (❌)
🔗 He was absorbed in his work (✔️)

📑 Types of crime (Part 1) ...

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 1⃣ Theft : the acting of stealing something from a person or place
📌 Crime : theft
📌 Person : thief
📌 Verb : Steal
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2⃣ Burglary : the acting of entering a building illegally and stealing something ...
📌 Crime : burglary
📌 Person : burglar
📌 Verb : burgle
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3⃣ Robbery : the act of stealing money or goods from a bank, shop, person, etc. ...
📌 Crime : robbery
📌 Person : robber
📌 Verb : rob

📑 Types of crime (Part 2) ...

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 4⃣ shoplifting : the act of stealing goods from a shop by leaving without paying for them ...
📌 Crime : shoplifting
📌 Person : shoplifter
📌 Verb : shoplift
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5⃣ Assult : a physical attack on something ...
📌 Crime : assult
📌 Person : attacker / assailant FML
📌 Verb : attack / assault
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6⃣ Rape : the act of forcing somebody to have s**, especially using violence ...
📌 Crime : rape
📌 Person : rapist
📌 Verb : rape

📑 Types of crime (Part 3) ...

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 7⃣ Arson : the act of deliberately setting fire to something, especially building ...
📌 Crime : arson
📌 Person : arsonist
📌 Verb : ...
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8⃣ Murder : is the crime of killing someone deliberately ...
📌 Crime : murder
📌 Person : murderer
📌 Verb : murder
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9⃣ Manslaughter : the act of killing someone illegally but not deliberately e.g by driving dangerously ...
📌 Crime : Manslaughter
📌 Person : ...
📌 Verb : ...

Prepositions or conjunctions?

Some words which are prepositions also function as conjunctions. When we use a preposition that is followed by a clause, it is functioning as a conjunction; when we use a preposition that is followed by a noun phrase, it stays as a preposition. Among the most common are after, as, before, since, until:

After I’d met him last night, I texted his sister at once. (conjunction)
After the meeting last night, I texted his sister at once. (preposition)
We’ll just have to wait until they decide what to do. (conjunction)
Okay, we’ll wait here until six o’clock. (preposition)

since

As a conjunction since is sometimes ambiguous, because it can express a relationship of either time, or cause and effect:

➖They haven't stopped talking since they arrived (time)
➖The others just smiled since they were too polite to interrupt (cause)

The first use is more common than the second, and it coincides with temporal use of since as an adverb and preposition. Yet the second (causative) use hangs around as an alternative possibility in sentences such as:

➖The children have avoided going out since their father lost his job.

yet

The word YET functions sometimes as an adverb and has several meanings: in addition ("yet another cause of trouble" or "a simple yet noble woman"), even ("yet more expensive"), still ("he is yet a novice"), eventually ("they may yet win"), and so soon as now ("he's not here yet"). It also functions as a coordinating conjunction meaning something like "nevertheless" or "but." The word yet seems to carry an element of distinctiveness that but can seldom register.

but VS yet

Actually, (but,yet) are used as 'conjunction or adverb'
As an adverb,they are NOT interchangeable.They have completely different meanings.
Apart from "adverb', we can use (but,yet) interchangeably, they are similar when they are used to introduce a contrasting idea: (conjunction)
The room was small but comfortable.
The room was small yet comfortable.

Although they are similar in this use, they have slightly different usage and meanings .
"But" just means "but".
"Yet" is usually used when there's some kind of contrast or (surprise) involved.
"He's a doctor, but he does cartoon voices part time."
(Nothing strange here.)

"He's a doctor, yet he smokes." (It's strange, surprising and paradoxical that a medical person would smoke.)
"He walked in the door, but nobody saw him."
"He shot the man in front of 50 witnesses, yet nobody says they saw it.