English with Teacher West

Take and Eat

Incorrect : I ate some medicine for my cold.
Correct : I took some medicine for my cold.

Incorrect : He opened the window and ate a breath of fresh air.
Correct : He opened the window and took a breath of fresh air.

Incorrect : Would you eat some tea?
Correct : Would you take some tea?

Incorrect : What time do you usually take?
Correct : What time do you usually eat?

477. Study and Read

Incorrect : Read French before you go to France.
Correct : Study French before you go to France.

Incorrect : He is studying a newspaper.
Correct : He is reading a newspaper.

Note: “To study' is to try to learn and implies some effort. But “to read' does not imply such effort.- Chapter 5

A sentence is not a haphazard arrangement of words. Every word has its right place in a sentence. If you put a word at a wrong place, the sentence will become unauthentic. So, in order to write or speak correct English, you should know how to arrange different words properly in a sentence. Here are some examples o misplaced words.-

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584. Poem and Poetry

Incorrect . He has written a nice poetry.
Correct : He has written a nice poem. Or He has written a nice piece of poetry.

Note: Poetry is a form of literature dealing with poems. Poetry is an uncountable noun but poem is countable.- Chapter 5

569. Thin and Slim

Incorrect : I wish I were as thin as you.
Correct : I wish I were as slim as you.

Note: When someone is thin in a pleasant way, we say they are slim or slender.- Chapter 5

144. Cognate object

Incorrect : Mitul played a good play.
Correct : Mitul played a good game.

Incorrect : Zinnia danced a good dance.
Correct : Zinnia had/did a good dance.

Note: The use of a cognate object (an object similar in meaning to the verb before it) is not very frequent. It is restricted only to a few expressions.

For example, we can say:
They fought a good fight.
He died a noble death.
She sang a sweet song.
I slept a sound sleep.
He dreamt a strange dream.
They lived a happy life.- Chapter 1

247. Possessives for comparison

Incorrect : A man's dress is different from a woman.
Correct : A man's dress is different from a woman's.

Incorrect : My pen is better than your.
Correct : My pen is better than yours.

Note: If the first noun in a comparison is in the possessive case, the second noun must also be in the possessive. However, the possessives may be formed differently.- Chapter 2

207. Glasses

Incorrect : He wears glass for reading.
Correct : He wears glasses for reading.

Incorrect : Where is my glass?
Correct : Where are my glasses?

Incorrect : I need a new glass.
Correct : I need some new glasses. Or I need a new pair of glasses.

Note: When "glasses" refers to "spectacles', it is always plural; it has no singular form.- Chapter 1

202. Turn on/off

Incorrect : Please leave/shut the light.
Correct : Please turn on/off the light. Or Please turn the light on/off.

Note: You can also say 'switch on/off the light'. But when we refer to a lamp or candle, we should say:

Please light the lamp/candle.
Please blow/put out the lamp/ candle.

Similarly:

Incorrect : Open your dress.
Correct : Take off your dress. Or Take your dress off.- Chapter 1

617. Chalk

Incorrect: He wrote his name on the board with a chalk.
Correct : He wrote his name on the board in chalk. Or He wrote his name on the board with a stick of chalk.- Chapter 5

279. A quarter

Incorrect : It's quarter past ten.
Correct . It’s a quarter past ten. (= 10.15)

Note: When you tell the time, you must use 'a' before the word ‘quarter’. You can also say:

It's a quarter to ten. ( = 9.45)- Chapter 2