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Common mistakes

Common mistakes

1) Resemble (= be similar to).

Don't say: Does she resemble to her father?

Say: Does she resemble her father?


2) Behind (= at the back of).

Don't say: Edward hid behind of a large tree.

Say: Edward hid behind a large tree.


3) Reach (= arrive at).

Don't say: We reached at the school early.

Say: We reached the school early.


4) Outside (= on the exterior of).

Don't say: They stood outside of the door.

Say: They stood outside the door


5) Remember + -ing.

Don't say: I don't remember to have seen him.

Say: I don't remember seeing him.

Or:

I don't remember having seen him.


Mistakes in the use of prepositions -

✳️In and Into


(a) In.
Don't say:
Gemma spent all the day into her room.

Say:
Gemma spent all the day in her room.

(b) Into.
Don't say:
Richard came in the room and sat down.

Say:
Richard came into the room and sat down.

"In" denotes position inside something, while "into" denotes motion or direction towards the inside of something.

Note: Always write the preposition "into" as one word.


Prepositions often confused


 On, At, In. (Time.)


(a) On.
Don't say:
My uncle will arrive at Saturday.

Say:
My uncle will arrive on Saturday.

(b) At.
Don't say:
I usually get up on  seven o'clock.

Say:
I usually get up at seven o'clock.

(c) In.
Don't say:
She goes for a walk at the afternoon.

Say:
She goes for a walk in the afternoon.

(1) Use "on" with the days of the week or month: on Friday, on March 25, on New Year's Day

(2) Use "at" with the exact time: at four o'clock, at dawn, at noon, at sunset, at midnight.

(3) Use "in" with a period of time in April, in winter, in 1945, in the morning

Also: at night and by day

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