Common English mistakes

[paraquat]

labor or labour?

[paraquat]

Originally Posted by AlGhaliboon

Don't believe a lie.

or "beli" "eve"

[King Rami]

Originally Posted by paraquat

labor or labour?

Both

[shadow1]

Originally Posted by paraquat

labor or labour?

British English spells words ending with 'or' sound with 'our', American English omits the u. Both are correct as long as one is consistent which version one uses.
Also the word defence and defense ( British, American)
practise as a verb in British English is spelt with an S and in American it's spelt practice, As a noun they both spell it practice.
Furthermore words like apologise, glamorise, realise etc.. in British English they are spelt (Spelled in american) with z ( as in apologize, realize etc..) in American English.

[terror]

Originally Posted by Bodhisattva

Terror, if we add:

Sarah is a twenty year old girl. Can you run it through me again (ur law?)

Yes, in that case the term "twenty year old" is actually a compaound adjective for "girl," so there should not be an "s" on "year."

And note that in the sentence "she is twenty years old," you have "twenty years" as a coumpound adverb for the adjective "old."

[freak]

Originally Posted by terror

Yes, in that case the term "twenty year old" is actually a compaound adjective for "girl," so there should not be an "s" on "year."

And note that in the sentence "she is twenty years old," you have "twenty years" as a coumpound adverb for the adjective "old."

I dont get what your talking about , but i wanna point out another mistake

COMPOUND

[Picasso]

Originally Posted by Ana

'Informations'........ is a term that doesn't exist....... the correct term is 'Information' whether it is in single or plural... it's a very common mistake on this forum.

Originally Posted by Pestilencia

(...) homeworks doesnt exist..its homework even in plural form

Those are noncount nouns.

Singular

Do not use a
Do not use one

Plural

A noncount noun does not have a plural form.

Common Noncount Nouns

advice, furniture, help, homework, information, mail, money, music, paper, traffic, weather, work, bread, butter, cheese, coffee, food, fruit, meat, milk, pepper, rice, salt, soup, sugar, tea, water, wine, bacon, beef, chicken*, fish, ham, lamb, pork.

* Some nouns can be used either as a count noun or as a noncount noun. For example:

Count: There is a chicken in the farmer's yard.
Noncount: I like chicken. I often have some chicken with rice for dinner.


Source: Basic English Grammar by Betty Schrampfer Azar

[Picasso]

These verbs are usually not or never used in the present progressive:

want, need, like, love, hate, hear, see, smell, taste, understand, know, believe, think*(meaning believe).

* The present progressive is often used with think about.
The present progressive is not used with think that.

[Nadnoud]

Originally Posted by shadow1

British English spells words ending with 'or' sound with 'our', American English omits the u. Both are correct as long as one is consistent which version one uses.

exactly, let me add:

-Favor: american
-Favour: british

-Neighbor:american
-Neigbour: british

-Color: american
-Colour: british

Cheeers..

[Free_Patriot]

Originally Posted by Nadnoud

exactly, let me add:

-Favor: american
-Favour: british

-Neighbor:american
-Neigbour: british

-Color: american
-Colour: british

Cheeers..

British and Canadian also. favour, neighbour, colour.. "centre" instead of "center", and many more... very interesting thread, thank you all for the input.