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🅾️ Common Mistakes
❌ Don't say: Both did not come.
✅ Say: Neither came.
❌ Don't say: Both of them did not pass the test.
✅ Say: Neither of them passed the test.
🅾️ In negative clauses, we use ‘#neither’ not both.
❌ Don't say: Have you received any informations?
✅ Say: Have you received any information?
🅾️ The word #information is uncountable in English. It does not have a #plural form.
❌ Don't say: We have bought new furnitures.
✅ Say: We have bought new furniture.
🅾️ The word #furniture does not have a plural form in English. To denote the singular aspect of the noun, you can use ‘an #article of furniture’ or a ‘#piece of furniture’.
❌ Don't say: The machineries were expensive.
✅ Say: The machinery was expensive.
🅾️ The word #machinery does not have a #plural form. It is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
❌ Don't say: The sceneries here are beautiful.
✅ Say: The scenery here is beautiful.
❌ Don't say: Do not carry heavy luggages during travel.
✅ Say: Do not carry heavy luggage during travel.
❌ Don't say: He conveyed these news to his relatives.
✅ Say: He conveyed this news to his relatives.
🅾️ The words #scenery, luggage and news are uncountable in English. They do not have a plural form.
❌ Don't say: He told, 'I will/'ll go home.'
❌ He told that he'd go home.
✅ Say: He said, 'I will/'ll go home.'
✅ He said that he'd go home.
🅾️ Use "#to_say" (1) when referring to a person's actual words, and (2) in indirect speech if the sentence doesn't contain an indirect object.
💥Note💥
🗞Common idioms with "#say" and #tell
🔸 Say a prayer.
🔸Who says?
🔸I must say!
🔸You can say that again!
🔸 If you say so!
…………………………………………………
🔹 Tell the truth.
🔹 Tell a lie.
🔹 Tell a story.
🔹 Tell the time.
🔹 Tell your fortune.
🔹 Tell someone your name.
#Grammar #CommonMistakes
🅾️ Common Mistakes
❌ Don't say: Both did not come.
✅ Say: Neither came.
❌ Don't say: Both of them did not pass the test.
✅ Say: Neither of them passed the test.
🅾️ In negative clauses, we use ‘#neither’ not both.
❌ Don't say: Have you received any informations?
✅ Say: Have you received any information?
🅾️ The word #information is uncountable in English. It does not have a #plural form.
❌ Don't say: We have bought new furnitures.
✅ Say: We have bought new furniture.
🅾️ The word #furniture does not have a plural form in English. To denote the singular aspect of the noun, you can use ‘an #article of furniture’ or a ‘#piece of furniture’.
❌ Don't say: The machineries were expensive.
✅ Say: The machinery was expensive.
🅾️ The word #machinery does not have a #plural form. It is uncountable and takes a singular verb.
❌ Don't say: The sceneries here are beautiful.
✅ Say: The scenery here is beautiful.
❌ Don't say: Do not carry heavy luggages during travel.
✅ Say: Do not carry heavy luggage during travel.
❌ Don't say: He conveyed these news to his relatives.
✅ Say: He conveyed this news to his relatives.
🅾️ The words #scenery, luggage and news are uncountable in English. They do not have a plural form.
❌ Don't say: He told, 'I will/'ll go home.'
❌ He told that he'd go home.
✅ Say: He said, 'I will/'ll go home.'
✅ He said that he'd go home.
🅾️ Use "#to_say" (1) when referring to a person's actual words, and (2) in indirect speech if the sentence doesn't contain an indirect object.
💥Note💥
🗞Common idioms with "#say" and #tell
🔸 Say a prayer.
🔸Who says?
🔸I must say!
🔸You can say that again!
🔸 If you say so!
…………………………………………………
🔹 Tell the truth.
🔹 Tell a lie.
🔹 Tell a story.
🔹 Tell the time.
🔹 Tell your fortune.
🔹 Tell someone your name.
#Grammar #CommonMistakes