10 Common Mistakes in Grammar
Here are 10 common sayings you might get wrong. These are common mistakes in grammar I see a lot. So take a look. They, I believe, are all good to know.
1. “I should have went” to the store with you. No! “I should have gone.” I see and hear this too much not to list it.
2. “It all goes well” for you to make it to the store. Sounds great right? No. The correct phrase is “augurs well.” The word augur means to foretell by omens.
3. “Far be it for me” to say what is right or wrong. Sounds fine, but the saying is, “Far be it from me.”
4. “All be it” the right thing to say. You could say this, but you would be wrong. All be it should be “albeit.” Albeit means although.
5. Tell your dog to “sick ‘em?” Many people think this is correct. It is not. “Sic ‘em” is what is correct.
6. “Do you want to “wet your appetite?” You could if you wanted to, but you would be incorrect in your usage of the phrase. “Whet your appetite” is correct. Whet from the old whetstone, meaning that you were going to sharpen your appetite.
7. “Mono e mono” man to man. Sounds great, but it should be “Mano a mano” meaing hand to hand.
8. “Nip it in the butt?” Funny. Much better to go with the correct saying: “Nip it in the bud.”
9. “On the lamb?” This doesn’t go over well is he is running from the law. It would be best to be “On the lam.”
10. What if “worse come to worse?” It wouldn’t be good, but better to say the traditional phrase: “worst come to worst.”
Uh, you’ve got three of these completely wrong!
2. “If all goes well” is correct. “It augers well” is a completely different expression.
7. It’s “mano a mano” – hand to hand – not what you’ve written in either form
10. It’s ‘if worse comes to worst’, not either of your versions.
“Mano a mano” means hand to hand, as in hand-to-hand combat, and is the correct Spanish expression.
“Mono a mono” means (male) monkey to (male) monkey, and is nonsense.
“Mono a mona” means (male) money to (female) monkey, and is also nonsense.
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“Mano a mano” it´s right
For a writing/literary website, I’m surprised at how many grammatical errors I encounter, not only as pointed out above, but also in other areas of your site. I was looking at the list for the top 50 literary magazines and stumbled time and time again on your intro. Along with the items listed below, there are also other grammatical/punctuation errors. I find it hard to take this “writers’ resource” website seriously.
missing words:
…but we looked about close to 20 data points…
wrong words:
…and names of passed greats… (I think the word you want is PAST unless, of course, you mean passed away…?)
sounds unprofessional:
…will get them some recognition…
overuse of list:
used the word list five times in the first two sentences
overuse of we feel:
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Not to get too nit-picky, but I found a spelling error in #7: “meaing hand to hand.” Should be “meaning hand to hand.” Also, “hand to hand” should be hyphenated.
But, since this is a writing blog and this is a post on grammatical errors/mistakes, I felt compelled to point it out.
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