Ask Me Anything Common mistakes in English and how to correct them

[kenny Fluent]

Common mistakes in English and how to correct them

 

[Graybeard]

I'll start:

• To and too --toward and also are the equivalent meanings. But they sound exactly the same.
• You and your --spellcheck says it's right your and you're --sound the same but you're means you are, a contraction.
• Its and it's again a contraction that sounds the same it's means it is.

 

[Pintu25]

I faced a similar situation earlier.
Testing and patience helped me improve.
Thanks for explaining.

 

[apiguy]

A few more:

• its / it's - something belongs to someone/it is, something exists/is
• than / then - used for comparisons, 'better than him'/time related, 'we will eat, then we can drink'
• lose / loose - forget something somewhere, 'don't lose your keys'/something is not tight, 'a loose knot'