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نمونه های متفرقه Miscellaneous Examples

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[wptabcontent]332  Wrong  repetition  of subject.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: My little brother he is  at school.
Say: My little brother is at school.

Never repeat the subject by using a pronoun after
 the noun  My little brother
and he denote the same person. Therefore, use one 
or the other as subject, but not both. [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]333 Wrong repetition of subject in a compound sentence.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I  went to the  market and I bought fruit.
Say: I went to  the  market and  bought fruit.

In a compound sentence, express the same subject once only 
and don't repeat it before each verb, unless the
 sentence is long and complicated.
 [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]334  Wrong repetition  of subject after an  adjectival  clause,[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: David, who is a careless pupil, he lost his  book.
Say: David, who is a careless pupil, lost his book. [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]335  Wrong repetition  of subject  after  a  non-finite verb  phrase.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Karen  and Tom, having signed the  register, they left  the  church.
Say: Karen and Tom, having signed the  register, left the church. [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]336  Wrong use of personal pronoun in a relative clause.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The book which I lost it was new.
Say: The book which I lost was new.

Don't use a personal pronoun as well as a relative in the relative
 clause if they both refer to the same noun  In the
 first sentence both which and it refer to book.
 [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]337  Wrong  repetition  of object.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: The doctor I know him very well.
Say: I know the doctor very well.

In the sentence given, the wores doctor and him denote one and
 the same object Therefore, use either doctor or him, but 
not both in the same sentence.
In general we don't put the object before the
 verb so the word order in.
The doctor I know him very well is also wrong
 [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]338 Wrong repetition of  object with  infinitive.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  I bought an English book to read it.
Say: I  bought an English book to read.

Don't repeat an object with an infinitive of 
purpose if the verb takes an object. [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]339 Wrong use of  that in direct speech.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: She said that, 'I'm sure to pass.'
Say: She said, 'I'm sure to pass.'

We can't use that in direct speech, i.e. when we repeat the
 words that some other person has spoken without any change.
Note: In indirect speech we say: He said that he was sure to pass.
 [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]340 Using a double comparative.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  He's more stronger than John.
Say: He's stronger than John.
Double comparatives are incorrect' more stronger ought to be only stronger.
However, we can say much stronger. [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]341 Misuse of  adjectives that can't be  compared.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: My work is more perfect than his.
Say: My work is superior to his.
Or: My work is better than his.

Certain adjectives can't be compared: perfect, unique, 
preferable, supreme, right, correct, etc.
 [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]342  Return  back  used instead of return.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  She has returned back to  school.
Say: She has returned to school.
Don't use the word back with return, because return means to come back. [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]343 Begin from  used  instead  of begin.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  Exams  begin  from Thursday.
Say: Exams begin on Thursday.

A thing can begin only at a point of time. The word can't be
 used to apply to the whole time during which a thing is being done.
 [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]344  Consider as used  instead  of consider.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  Robert considers me as  his best friend.
Say: Robert considers me his best friend.

Don't use as after the word consider. We say: He regards me as his
 best friend or Robert considers me to be his best friend.
 [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]345  For to used instead of to.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  I came here for to learn English.
Say: I came here to learn English. [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]346  From where  used instead of where.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: From where can I buy a good watch?
Say: Where can I buy a good watch?

Where means at what place, while from where denotes the point of origin
From where do tourists come? [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]347 And etc.  used instead  of etc.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I, you, we, and etc. are pronouns.
Say: I, you, we, etc., are pronouns.

Etc. is the short form of et cetera, a Latin phrase meaning and other things.
The combination and etc. is wrong because it would mean and and other things.

Note  However, students are advised to avoid using etc. in
 an essay and to use phrases such as and other things, and so on instead.
 [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]348  So ...  so that instead of so ... that.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: I'm so tired so that I can't go.
Say: I'm so tired that I can't go.

When so or such is completed by 3 clause of result, introduce the clause by
that and not by so that. [/wptabcontent]
[wptabcontent]349 From now and on used instead of from now on.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say:  From now and on I'll study hard.
Say: From now on I'll study hard.

The phrase from now and on is incorrect. Say, from now on. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]350 Although/Though  ...  yet used  instead  of
although/though.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] although/though.
Don't say: Although it's raining, yet he'll go.
Say: Although it's raining, he'll go.

Although (though) is the conjunction introducing the subordinate
 clause, and a second one (yet or still) isn't required. [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]351 Go to home used instead of go home.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: When school is over I go to home.
Say: When school is over I go home.

The expression I go to home is wrong. Say: I go home.
 [/wptabcontent]

[wptabcontent]352 Using far with a phrase of definite distance.[/wptabcontent]
    [wptabcontent] Don't say: Mary lives two miles far from here.
Say: Mary lives two miles from here.

When we use a phrase of definite distance (like two miles) in a 
sentence, don't use the word far. We can say : Mary lives two miles away.
 [/wptabcontent]

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