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نمونه های متفرقه Miscellaneous Examples
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[wptabs type="accordion"] [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] [/wptabs]