1 Oftenly (instead of ‘often’)
- Student’s sentence: People who smoke oftenly are more prone to lung cancer.
- Get it right: People who smoke often are more prone to lung cancer. (‘Often’ and ‘frequently’ are synonyms, BUT unlike ‘frequently’, ‘often’ DOES NOT end with ‘ly’.)
2 Oning (instead of ‘switching on’ or ‘turning on’)
- Student’s sentence: I was oning the TV when the phone rang.
- Get it right: I was switching on the TV when the phone rang. (‘On’ is NOT a verb! Use phrasal verbs like ‘switch on’ or ‘turn on’.)
3 Betterer (instead of ‘better’)
- Student’s sentence: She is betterer at science than her sister.
- Get it right: She is better at science than her sister. (There’s no such word as ‘betterer’. The correct comparative adjective is ‘better’.)
4 More worse (instead of ‘worse’)
- Student’s sentence: My results are more worse this time.
- Get it right: My results are worse this time. (‘Worse’ is a comparative adjective, so there’s NO NEED for ‘more’.)
5 Agreeded (instead of ‘agreed’)
- Student’s sentence: Everyone agreeded that it was a good plan.
- Get it right: Everyone agreed that it was a good plan. (‘Agreed’ is the past tense of ‘agree’. There’s no such word as ‘agreeded’.)
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