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An ESL blog for students of English. Helping students correct their own common mistakes in English. The first post will appear in January 2026.
Here you will find all the most common mistakes in English grammar, vocabulary and writing for you to study at your leisure.
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A library of English Grammar Terms, English Irregular Verbs, and English Punctuation Terms.
As a pronoun they usually talks about a group of people, but it can also talk about one person.
Does this sound good?
Of course it doesn’t. So, we use they.
Take a look at my page Common English Mistakes FAQs.
It is a list of 200+ of the most common English mistakes FAQs asked by students of English. Each FAQ has a simple explanation and example sentences.
When a number is an adjective before a noun we don’t use a plural, but we do use a hyphen (-).
When the number comes after the noun we don’t use a hyphen, but we use a plural if it is more than one.
Which of these sentences is correct?
Take a look at my page When to write numbers as words or digits to see if you were correct.
The items on a list must match. A non-parallel list can be unclear, difficult to read, and grammatically incorrect.
The stem is the start of a list, and every item on the list must finish the sentence perfectly.
What are the mistakes in this bullet point list?
What to take on holiday
Take a look at my page How to write bullet points correctly to see the mistakes.
People is the plural of person.
Persons is only used in legal, and official instructions and documents.
Which of these sentences is correct?
Take a look at my page Somebody and I to see if you were correct.
To talk about an event that started in the past and is still happening now, we use a present perfect tense. The present perfect doesn’t talk about the past so it doesn’t talk about the start of the action. It talks about the situation now. It is an update of something that started in the past.
When you talk about things from your whole life you use a present perfect tense.
The present perfect talks about the present. It doesn’t talk about the past. It doesn’t talk about the future.
Take a look at my page Grammar Quizzes.
Do the quizzes to see which common English grammar mistakes you need help with.
Take a look at my page Common English Mistakes FAQs.
It is a list of 200+ of the most common English mistakes FAQs asked by students of English. Each FAQ has a simple explanation and example sentences.
