These are childish mistakes and we don't normally make these mistakes. There are much more. we have coined so many words, ex: updation, walkable.
There are a lot of serious mistakes we make in pronunciation, too, strongly believing them as right. Example: we pronounce "paaar" for power, "shaar" for shower, "agnest" for against, "irun" for iron etc.
I've see many people making basic grammatical mistakes like "I ``can't'' able to ..."
These are a lot more serious and common mistakes Indian make, than those listed in this article.
Re: Re: these are not common mistakes
by prashanth gudibande on Dec 03, 2011 09:32 AM
the correct framing of sentence is I won't be able to... I can't able to is wrong..
Re: Re: these are not common mistakes
by raghavadesikan on Dec 03, 2011 09:37 AM
i cant itself means inability..so you dont need to use both can & able in a sentence..
Re: these are not common mistakes
by raghavadesikan on Dec 03, 2011 09:38 AM
Mr Saravanan, pls correct your grammar first..."i'hv seen.." what have u typed??? ha ha ha
You may be testing people's command of English, but who is to test the tester? One of the sentences states "The doctor will be back at noon - he will consult you then" Why? is it because the doctor wants some advice from "you"? If, as I think, this sentence refers to the "you" wanting to take the doctor's advice, it should read "..... you can consult him then". Oh, by the way, the use of the apostrophe is another area where we Indians are terrible.
Re: Testing the tester
by vivek patil on Dec 02, 2011 10:26 PM
you can compile your own list. 100 common mistakes in REDIFF articles. shouldn't take more than 2 minutes as the list is endless.
Re: Testing the tester
by Siraj Sindhi on Dec 03, 2011 04:18 AM
Moron, the word consult mean give advise or view on something or more like treat in terms of medical sciene. So nothing is wrong.
Re: Testing the tester
by suman on Dec 03, 2011 12:30 AM
2 of the most common mistakes are:-
1) use of "lose" and "loose" 2) use of apostrophe wherever the letter 's' ends in a particular word. Eg: Resume's, Ramesh Barber's, Mega Hospital's, Arrow shirt's
While this test was a child's play, it is sad that these are the mistakes normally committed by educated people too.
There is another very common mistake - use of apostrophe s ('s). It is very irritating when people write words like Pizza's (meaning belonging to Pizza) whereas they mean Pizzas (plural); Sharma's (belonging to Sharma) whereas they mean Sharmas (Sharma family - Plural). Another common mistake is Children/ Children's. You will find a number of small 'English medium' school in your neighborhood saying 'ABC Children School' whereas they mean 'ABC Children's School'. The mistake maker thinks that since 'Children' is plural, they need not write 'Children's'; whereas they mean that the school is for children, hence it should be 'Children's'.
The list is long and the generation X and Y who write more of SMS English, are losing track of correct English.
Re: Common English Mistakes
by Vinod Haritwal on Dec 02, 2011 08:40 PM
I have myself made a mistake: ".....neighborhood saying 'ABC Children School' whereas they mean 'ABC Children's School'. The mistake maker thinks that since 'Children' is plural....." It should have been "....mistake makers think...."
Re: Re: Common English Mistakes
by Ravi Jagirdar on Dec 03, 2011 06:40 AM
Saying 'the mistake maker' was not wrong at all. You were referring to a hypothetical instance of many such mistake makers. On the other hand, "a number of small 'English medium' school" should have been "a number of small 'English medium' schools" (plural at the end). Cheers!
Alright we Indians know not much about English. I would like to ask Rediff managers about only 2 clarifications. First - tell me is there anything called English in the first place; or is it Roman because French, Russian, Spanish, Roman, Greek literature continue to find mention in our daily communications. Secondly - a very basic doubt - if "TO" is pronounced so then why is "GO" not pronounced like "TO"? Convince us all Indians on these basics and pronounce our words precisely the same way as they r supposed to be. It will be fair enough for us. At least give these words a try.
Re: ENGLISH????
by Vinod Haritwal on Dec 02, 2011 08:52 PM
English is a language, while Roman is the script in which English is written. French, Russian, Spanish, etc. are all languages that are written in 'Roman' script.
Secondly, English pronunciations are different from the pronunciations of most of Indian languages, which are derived from Sanskrit. Sanskrit, and its derivatives are 'phonetic' languages where the pronunciation is based on what is written. English and most other European languages are not phonetic, hence the difference between 'TO' and 'GO' in English or the pronunciation of 'Bon Jour' in French is Bo Jo (good morning)
Yes, we can proudly say that our languages derived from Sanskrit are technically more advanced than European languages. I do not know about languages derived from Dravid, so cannot comment on them. May be someone from South India can through some light.
Alright we Indians know not much about English. I would like to ask Rediff managers about only 2 clarifications. First - tell me is there anything called English in the first place; or is it Roman because French, Russian, Spanish, Roman, Greek literature continue to find mention in our daily communications. Secondly - a very basic doubt - if "TO" is pronounced so then why is "GO" not pronounced like "TO"? Convince us all Indians on these basics and pronounce our words precisely the same way as they r supposed to be. It will be fair enough for us. At least give these words a try.