Odd Man Out #3

▶️ There are some spelling mistakes that are really popular among students. Look at the words below and find the one that is spelled correctly!

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Correct me if you can #21

▶️ Find the mistake in the following sentence:

All teachers should give feedbacks to their students.

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Our favourite mistakes #148: Writing

▶️ Please translate the following sentence:

Toshkent aholisi 3,1 million, Andijonniki 500.000.

❌ Perhaps you think it is:
The population of Tashkent is 3,1 million, that of Andijan 500.000.

✅ Well, it should be:
The population of Tashkent is 3.1 million, that of Andijan 500,000.

❓What’s wrong here?
❗️ Just as you say “three point one” – what you write is a dot, NOT a comma. Conversely, large numbers are separated by commas in English, NOT by dots.

💡More examples:
I scored ❌ 7,5 ✅ 7.5 in IELTS.
I paid ❌ 100.000 ✅ 100,000 soum for this.
It took me ❌ 1,5 ✅ 1.5 hours to get home.

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Odd Man Out #4

▶️ Pay attention to your pronunciation today, more specifically to the number of syllables you pronounce.

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Our favourite mistakes #149: Writing

▶️ Look at this piece of wannabe academic writing:

There is given an example in the article.

❓What’s wrong here?
❗️You can add “given” but do it after the object, i.e. There is an example given in the article.

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Correct me if you can #22

▶️ Find the mistake in the following sentence:

Let’s go to a café, I’m starving.

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