Correct your mistakes in things from daily happenings
Correct your mistakes in things from daily happenings
Don't say: I am going to cut my hair.
Say: I am going to have my hair cut.
Don't say: What is the cost of this pen?
Say: What is the price of this pen?
Don't say: Credit this sum to his name.
Say: Credit this sum to his account.
Don't say: It is a female compartment.
Say: It is a ladies compartment.
Don't say: Dhoni has made ten runs.
Say: Dhoni has scored ten runs.
Don't say: I have read four-fifth of this novel.
Say: I have read four-fifths of this novel.
Don't say: I saw a bad dream last night.
Say: I had a bad dream last night.
Don't say: Are you living in Mumbai?
Say: Do you live in Mumbai?
Don't say: My watch is two minutes behind.
Say: My watch is two minutes slow.
Don't say: This is the room whose roof leaks.
Say: This is the room, the roof of which leaks.
Don't say: He died from heart failure.
Say: He died of heart failure.
Don't say: My all friends are very helpful.
Say: All my friends are very helpful.
Don't say: She does not know cooking.
Say: She does not know how to cook.
Don't say: The police is looking for the thief.
Say: The police are looking for the thief.
Don't say: I need a house to live.
Say: I need a house to live in.
Don't say: My hairs are black.
Say: My hair is black.
Don't say: He got down from his bike.
Say: He got off his bike.
Don't say: I lived in that resort over the weekend.
Say: I stayed in that resort over the weekend.
Don't say: Please tell us everything in brief.
Say: Please tell us everything in short.
Don't say: I shall return the dress after one week.
Say: I shall return the dress in one week.
Don't say: Hundreds were injured in the war.
Say: Hundreds were wounded in the war.
Don't say: He is taller than me.
Say: He is taller than I (am).
Don't say: One must do his duty.
Say: One must do one's duty.
Don't say: Burn the lamp at once.
Say: Light the lamp at once.
Don't say: Close the door at once.
Say: Shut the door at once.
Don't say: He has gone to foreign.
Say: He has gone abroad.
Don't say: He admitted that he had committed the murder.
Say: He confessed that he had committed the murder.
Don't say: He lives in the boarding.
Say: He lives in the boarding house.
Don't say: A dictator generally misuses his political powers.
Say: A dictator generally abuses his political powers.
Don't say: I have no lust of money.
Say: I have no lust for money.
Don't say: She was carrying the glasses in a tray.
Say: She was carrying the glasses on a tray.
Don't say: We have reached the final conclusion.
Say: We have reached the conclusion.
Don't say: Himanshu is our mutual friend.
Say: Himanshu is our common friend.
Don't say: I saw him today evening.
Say: I saw him this evening.
Don't say: The train left at 5 O'clock.
Say: The train departed at 5 O'clock.
Don't say: Due to illness, I could not go to office.
Say: Owing to illness, I could not go to office.
Don't say: It is the first time I have said so.
Say: This is the first time I have said so.
Don't say: We reached safely.
Say: We reached safe.
Don't say: He is a noted thief.
Say: He is a notorious thief.
Don't say: It was very wonderful.
Say: It was really wonderful.
Don't say: Mohan insisted to go there.
Say: Mohan insisted on going there.
Don't say: The satellite has been sent to space.
Say: The satellite has been launched.
Don't say: He hanged his head in shame.
Say: He hung his head in shame.
Don't say: When you say so, I must believe it.
Say: Since you say so, I must believe it.
Don't say: There is no harm to do so.
Say: There is no harm in doing so.
Don't say: Please give a ten-rupees note.
Say: Please give a ten-rupee note.
Don't say: Public does not like it.
Say: Public do not like it.
Don't say: This is somewhat true.
Say: This is partially true.
Don't say: I do not like the poetries of Ramanand.
Say: I do not like the poetry of Ramanand.
Don't say: I prefer lassi than tea.
Say: I prefer lassi to tea.
Don't say: This fabric is superior than that.
Say: This fabric is superior to that.
