Wrong Placement of Adverbs

Rule: In a compound verb, not should be placed after the first auxiliary.

        Incorrect Usage: He should have not gone to the late night party.

                                           

        Correct Usage: He should not have gone to the late night party.

Wrong Placement of Adverbs

Rule: When used with a transitive verb, the adverb is placed after the object.

     Incorrect Usage: She drove carefully her car.

                                           

      Correct Usage: She drove her car carefully.

Wrong Placement of Adverbs

Rule: Adverbs of indefinite time (always, ever, never, seldom, soon, etc.) should be placed before the principal verb.

      Incorrect Usage: She reaches always office punctually.

                                           

     Correct Usage: She always reaches office punctually.

Unnecessary articles

Using a before work, fun, etc.

Note: The indefinite article should not be used before work, fun, etc.

Incorrect Usage: (a) He found a work at a construction site.

                                  (b) The visit to Disneyland was full of a fun and excitement.

                                           

Correct Usage: (a) He found work at a construction site.

                              (b) The visit to Disneyland was full of fun and excitement.

Unnecessary articles

Using the with nature

Note: The definite article should not be used before nature.

      Incorrect Usage: Everyone wants to escape into the nature.

                                           

     Correct Usage: Everyone wants to escape into nature.

Unnecessary articles

Using the with names of days and months

Note: The definite article should not be used before the names of days and months.

  

    Incorrect Usage: The January is the first month of the year.

                                           

     Correct Usage: January is the first month of the year.

Unnecessary articles

Using the with disease names

Note: The definite article cannot be used before disease names.

     

    Incorrect Usage: The measles is a highly contagious disease.

                                           

   Correct Usage: Measles is a highly contagious disease.