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Advise;
I advise you to study hard for getting success in CSS exams.
Advice;
I give you advice to study hard for getting success in CSS exams.
3* ACCEDE vs EXCEED
Accede means "Agree"
Exceed means "To go beyond"
Accede;
He accedes my request.
Exceed;
It seems we always exceed even our own expectations-after a lot of hard work,
though!
4* We often use "two dozens bananas, three dozens apples and four
hundreds coins." These are common errors.
Never use "S" with dozen, score, hundred, thousand and million when a fixed
number comes before them.
Usage;
I have two hundred gold coins.
I shall buy three dozen of Apples.
I have four thousand to buy a cycle.
One can use S with dozen, score, hundred, thousand and million when a
fixed number doesn't come before them.
Usage;
300 Spartans had fought with millions of Persians.
Every year thousands of aspirants take CSS test.
Uncountable nouns
Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot count.
Bottles of milk, liters of milk we can count but we cannot count Milk itself so milk
is uncountable noun.
Some more examples of uncountable nouns.
Music, furniture, art, love, sympathy, advice, news information etc.
We often make a mistake while using the indefinite article a/an with uncountable
nouns. we cannot use a/an with uncountable nouns. We often use like this;
I have a furniture.
I want to give you an advice.
I have learned an art. These are incorrect sentences.
Correct usage;
I have furniture.
I want to give you advice.
I have learned art.
Never use A/AN with uncountable nouns.
But we can say a something of:
a piece of news
a bottle of water
a grain of rice
a piece of information
a liter of petrol.
5* For vs Since
For is used for period of time.
Like;
Ten years, two days, three months, etc
Since is used for point of time
Like;
1992, 14 August, Monday etc
Usage of For
I have been studying English for years.
I have been posting material in CSS forum for 5 months.
Usage of since
I have been studying English since 2003.
I have been posting material in CSS forum since August 2011.
5* Chose vs Choose
6* lose/lost/loss/loose
8* Practice vs practise
Practice is a noun
Practise is a verb
Usage
You should practise Essay writing for succeeding in English Essay.
You should put Essay writing into practice for succeeding in English Essay.
9* That vs which.
The book, which was in my home, is lost. (There were several books)
It's nonrestrictive clause. In this sentence I say there were many books in my
home and one of them is lost. If there had been only one book in my home then
this sentence would be incorrect.
That= Ek e Kitab Thy.
Which = Bohat sy kitab thy or ek khoo gaye.
Do not use WHICH with LIVING THINGS.
Like;
The man which was going to karachi was murdered. It's incorrect.
Use WHO instead of which with Human beings.
10* Their Vs there
Their means belonging to them.
There means at that place.
Usage.
I don't want to go there.
They have brought their CSS books.
11* All ready vs Already
All ready means completely ready.
Correct usage.
Akram and Sunny sing a song.
13* UNLESS
This very word is also used in incorrect way.
like;
You will not get success in CSS unless you don't struggle.
It is incorrect.
Correct usage.
You will not get success in CSS unless you struggle.
(If you won't struggle, you will not get success in CSS.)
Do not start topic unless i come.
You can't win in CSS competition unless your English is perfect.
I shall struggle unless i die.
14* Past tense.
When we use past tense we do common mistakes.
I thought he is going.
I had seen him, he is there.
These are incorrect.
"If sentence is started in past it should be ended in past."
One should not change tense from past to present or future. It will be incorrect.
Usage
I met Akram when he was studying for CSS.
He had gone when i reached there.
If quotation is used in direct speech then exact words of quotation should not be
An university - it is incorrect.
A university - it is correct.
Examples:
Flood affected many areas of Pakistan and its effect was critical for nation.
20* Adverbs are often made from adjectives by adding a "LY" but it is
not for always.
Like:
I run fastly.
I study hardly.
He reached lately.
These are incorrect.
I run fast.
I study hard.
He reached late.
These are correct.
Hardly means; very little, almost not
Lately means; recently
Speaking English language doesn't matter but perfection does.
21* Most of time we make common errors.
Like:
I swear upon God.
I swear of God.
He died by heart-attack.
He died in cancer. These are incorrect.
Correct are:
I swear to God.
I swear by God.
He died of heart-attack.
22* As well as
We make a common mistake while using as well as.
Like:
23* With
Ghaddafi, with his sons, were killed.
It is wrong.
The verb is put singular.
Ghaddafi, with his sons, was killed.
24* Crisis
We do a common mistake when we use word Crisis.
Like:
There are many crisis in Pakistan.
It is wrong.
We understand CRISIS is a plural noun. But, it is not.
Crisis is a singular noun and CRISES is a plural noun.
So, the correct one is:
There are many crises in Pakistan.
25* Although
We do a common mistake when we use Although.
Like:
Although, he is my enemy, but I forgive him.
It is wrong.
It is correct.
29* Agree
I am agree with you.
It is wrong.
I agree with you.
It is correct.
Agree is a verb not an adjective.
30* Avoid
I avoid to go there.
He avoids to meet me.
These are wrong sentences.
Correct are:
I avoid going there.
He avoids meeting me.
31* This box is too much heavy for me.
It is incorrect.
Correct: This box is much too heavy for me.
Much too is used for adjectives.
Too much is used for nouns.
Css criteria has been changed.
It is incorrect.
Css criteria have been changed.
Criteria is a plural noun.
Criterion is a singular noun.
Incorrect. I have been waiting for one and a half hour.
Correct. I have been waiting for one and a half hours.
One and a half is a plural expression.
One and a half hours.
One and a half years.
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