Common Errors in English

[PSL]

Originally Posted by amitnsitian

Revert/Reply followed by back. AFAIK, after revert/reply; 'back' is redundant

Revert: To return to a former condition, practice, subject, or belief.

So it is tautology to say "revert back".

But my 8th Class English teacher once told me that revert can be over a period of time, whereas revert back is, well, instantaneous.... nonsense!!..

[ANSHUL2L]

Originally Posted by amitnsitian

Though I feel I am not competent enough to post about English of all things I still feel that these are the common mistakes done by many

1. LPG Gas and CNG Gas

2. Revert/Reply followed by back. AFAIK, after revert/reply; 'back' is redundant, although experts should correct me if I am wrong

good thread
these kind of mistakes are hardly realised by us.

keep going

[IIMblacki07]

Originally Posted by djinn

I do get confused regarding the usage of that and which.

Will it be : Get me the pen which you were using yesterday.
or : Get me the pen that you were using yesterday.



This is a common error made by many.

'That' is used when you are referring to something without which the sentence wont make much sense.

e.g in the above case you are laying emphasis on the fact that the pen was used yesterday,hence you should use 'that' because that part of the sentence is a must use for the whole sentence to make sense..
whereas which is used when you are putting something without which the sentence would carry the same meaning.


It might sound a little confusing..let me give an example
a person asks his friend to board only the blue bus..Lets see how he frames the sentence:

"Board the bus that is blue"...

the above sentence lays emphasis on 'blue' since thats the most important part..

In the above case,"Board the bus which is blue" would not be appropriate..


Hence while using which or that we need to analyze the sentence carefully and then decide which one to use..

Source: Manhattans Sentence Correction

[misnomer]

A few errors in salutations that i would like you guys to take note of.
Say, a person's name is Anil Kumar.
You can refer to him as either Mr. Kumar or Mr. Anil Kumar, but never Mr. Anil.

[medulla]

Hi Puys...

No activity on this thread...

okkk...

Lets try and see the similar words evryday... Puys will post set of similar words... and lets try and find out different meaning or different usage or roots...
What say??

Here is the first set of similar words...
Will post the explanation tomm EOD...

1. Accessary and accessory
2. Affection and Affectation
3. Allude and Ellude
4. Amiable,Amicable and amenable
5. Apprise and appraise

All the best...
I hope this will help ...

[*DarK_AngeL*]

Accessory: Clothing or something that is not part of your main clothing but is "additional".
Accessary:A helper or an aid in committing a crime.


Affection: it is a feeling of love and warmth
Affectation:It is an exaggerated display or deliberate pretense.

Allude:To make a reference to something without directly stating it.
Elude: to escape or dodge



Amiable: warmth and friendliness , cordial
e.g., amiable gathering
Amicable: characterized by friendship and goodwill
e.g., The dispute was settled amicably
Amenable: Readily reacting to suggestions and influences or liable to answer to a higher authority.


Apprise: To inform someone of something, to make aware of
e.g., Did you apprise the students of the coming events.
Appraise: to measure or evaluate
e.g, Did you appraise the condition fully before reacting ?

[sweetgalshruti]

Hey can anyone tell me the right usage of who and whom.A british teacher of mine old me anything can be used.It doesn't matter who or whom.What yyou say?

[PSL]

Originally Posted by sweetgalshruti

Hey can anyone tell me the right usage of who and whom.A british teacher of mine old me anything can be used.It doesn't matter who or whom.What yyou say?

I suppose you mean an "English" teacher of yours?

Some might say she's right. Afterall, not many people really know the difference between 'who and whom', so using either hardly matters, right?
Well, not exactly.

Wren and Martin will tell that the differences lies in subject/object. "Use who when you are referring to the subject of a clause and whom when you are referring to the object of a clause."

Got it?... Well frankly, I didn't

There's a easier way to differentiate between the two. It's a trick our Verbal teacher at IMS taught us.

Trick: "Answer the question or rephrase it in terms of he/him"

To give an example:-

Q. Who/Whom is that man?
A. He/Him is Vaibhav.

In the above case the answer is "He is Vaibhav", so the question will be "Who is that man?"

take another case:-

Q. With who/whom are you going to the movie?
A. I am going with he/him?

Here the answer is obviously, "I am going with him". So the question will be, "With whom are you going?".

It becomes quite easy if you think in these terms.

In a nutshell:-

He = Who
Him = Whom

cheers...

[elora_aims]

You can also add "As because" to the list.....

[mahi101987]

can anyone explain me that thin difference between "lethal" and "fatal"

yeah i checked the dictionary but i find that these words are used interchangingly in some books

so please throw some light