CORRECT ENGLISH – Mind Your Language (ii)
Study the following sentences which show how certain words are to be used (For Form 1, 2 and 3)
- He invited Raymond and me to his house. (Not, I.)
- You have lived here longer than I. (Not, me.)
- He is not as poor as I. (Not, me.)
- Neither of us went. (Not, Both of us did not go.)
- We did not all go (or, None of us went.) (Not, We all did not go.)
- Have you a pencil? No, I have not got one. (Not, I have not got.)
- He and I are great friends. (Not, I and he.)
- “Who did this?” “I“. (Not, me or myself.)
- He and I did it. (Not, He and myself; or, He and me.)
- One must do one’s duty. (Not, his.)
- One must blame oneself for one’s mistakes. (Not, himself for his mistakes.)
- I told him to go (Not, said to him.)
- I asked him to excuse me. (Not, told him.)
- My tooth is aching. (Not, paining.)
- He has a fever. (Not, is having a fever.)
- I have a pain in my foot. (Not, my foot is paining.)
- We have ordered a new car. (Not, ordered for a new car.)
- The ship sank; or, the ship was sunk. (Not, the ship was drowned.)
- This house is to be let.
- He would not listen to me. (Not, hear me; or, listen me.)
- No one likes to be laughed at. (Not, to be laughed.)
- Did he come? (Not, Did he came?)
- Did you see her? (Not, Did you saw her?)
- He hung his coat on a nail. (Not, hanged)
- All the prisoners were hanged. (Not, hung.)
- Her voice slowly sank to a whisper. (Not, sunk.)
- He has begun to work. (Not, has began.)
- I have lived here since 1990. (Not, I lived here since 1990.)
- She has been ill since last week. (Not, She was ill since last week.)
- Genghis Khan won many battles. (Not, has won.)
- The telegram was invented by Granville T.Woods. (Not, had been invented.)
- We finished our work a few days ago. (Not, have finished.)
- I saw him yesterday. (Not, have seen.)
- He left for Hong Kong yesterday. (Not, has left.)
- The new church was opened last month. (Not, has been opened.)
- We went to the cinema last night. (Not, had gone.)
- We had eaten our food before he arrived. (Not, We ate our food before he arrived.)
- She had died before the doctor arrived. (Not, She died before the doctor arrived.)
- We will have reached the LRT station before the train leaves. (Not, We will reach the LRT station before the train will leave.)
- I shall have gone by the time she comes. (Not, I will go by the time she comes.)
- She had finished her dinner when I saw her (Not, She finished her dinner when I saw her.)
- He died in 1970. (Not, He had died in 1970)
- We sat in darkness for the light had gone out. (Not, the light went out.)
- I saw him go. (Not, saw him went.)
- I dare not talk to him. (Not, to talk.)
- I made him walk in front. (Not, to walk.)
- I made him confess that he stole the money. (Not, to confess.)
- We made him admit that he was wrong. (Not, to admit.)
- You had better go now. (Not, to go.)
- You had better mind your own business. (Not, to mind.) NEXT PREVIOUS
Wowww…..!!!thanks a lot…oh,,i’ve using the totally wrong grammar all this while!!!!
Oh My God, so I’ve been using the wrong grammars all this time? :O Thank God I found this article by accident! At least, I can brush up my English after this, LOL. Thank you anyways!
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i like it very much.thanks