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The best way to learn English is by losing your shame and the fear to be wrong; we?re all human and make mistakes. Moreover, as an additional language that you?re learning you should be less rigid about the potential for making mistakes as they?re likely to happen. Don?t think about a mistake as a step back but as something to learn from and by that improve your level of English.
Even people whose native language is English make mistakes. In order to illustrate it, we?ve selected a series of examples shown in a document written by Bernard Lamb, a lecturer at Imperial College London, which is considered as one of the top three colleges in England.
Some students that were awarded first-class honours degrees made mistakes like:
And these are just some of the most eye-catching mistakes; there are many more. If you want to see the original document, you can download it from this link or this one.
Summing up, you need to lose the fear to make mistakes.
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Are you afraid of making mistakes in English?
The best way to learn English is by losing your shame and the fear to be wrong; we?re all human and make mistakes. Moreover, as an additional language that you?re learning you should be less rigid about the potential for making mistakes as they?re likely to happen. Don?t think about a mistake as a step back but as something to learn from and by that improve your level of English.
Even people whose native language is English make mistakes. In order to illustrate it, we?ve selected a series of examples shown in a document written by Bernard Lamb, a lecturer at Imperial College London, which is considered as one of the top three colleges in England.
Some students that were awarded first-class honours degrees made mistakes like:
| Error | Explanation |
|---|---|
| Put implicated for implemented | Wrong use of the word |
| Put peace for piece | Wrong use of the word |
| Put defiantly for definitely | Wrong use of the word |
| Confuse effect/affect | Word confusion |
| Confuse where/were | Word confusion |
| Confuse their/there | Word confusion |
| Confuse compliment/complement | Word confusion |
| Confuse infected/affected | Word confusion |
| Confuse infer/imply | Word confusion |
| It incorporate how an organisms adapt to | Grammar error. It should be: It incorporates how an organism adapts to |
| A women | Grammar error. It should be: a woman |
| In 3 different country | Grammar error. It should be: in 3 different countries. |
| Put it?s for its | Punctuation error |
| Put bieng for being | Spelling error |
| Put recieved for received | Spelling error |
| Put usualy for usually | Spelling error |
| Put totaly for totally | Spelling error |
| alot | Two words written as one: a lot |
| Infact | Two words written as one: in fact |
| Inorder | Two words written as one: in order |
| More over | One word written as two: Moreover |
| There for | One word written as two: Therefore |
And these are just some of the most eye-catching mistakes; there are many more. If you want to see the original document, you can download it from this link or this one.
Summing up, you need to lose the fear to make mistakes.
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Another technique I find very effective when writing in English is doing it fast, and without much consideration of correctness and style! While being a perfectionist generally isn?t a bad thing, there are times when you have to suppress the desire within...
- Should All Errors Made By Foreign Language Learners Be Corrected At Any Cost?
Should all errors made by foreign language learners be corrected at any cost? (Overcorrection should be avoided at any cost) Error correction may prove to be a difficult task to language teachers because it involves decision-making about what to correct,...
- 3 Reasons Why You Are Bad English Speaker
1. You do not follow best rules! If you are still learning English as in school you are doing it wrong. Try methods that are more effective and gives better results in shorter period of time. One of these methods is Effortless English System. You can...
- Adjective Clauses - Common Mistakes #1
This is the first in a series of tutorials on how to make correct adjective clauses. This deals with the wrong use of the pronoun in an adjective clause. Please check out Adjective Clauses- Common Mistakes #2 and Adjective Clauses-Common...
- "top 5 Mistakes English Learners Make"
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