Typical mistakes in English - NativeSpeakerOnline

How to use ‘travel’ and ‘trip’

November 6, 2013 By Nestor 1 Comment

Take a look at this sentence: *I had a very good travel.* This statement contains a very common mistake, even among more advanced learners. In natural English, we cannot use the noun 'travel' in this way. The word 'travel' is uncountable and it has a general meaning.

I recommend you to …

July 19, 2013 By Nestor 8 Comments

Many learners of English make the following mistakes: *I recommend you to visit the museum* *I recommend you to try the chicken soup* In natural English, we do not use the structure *recommend somebody to do something*.

What is the difference between ‘no’ and ‘not’?

June 15, 2013 By Nestor 10 Comments

In English, no and not have similar meanings, but they are used in different ways. It is very easy to be confused about these words. In this post, I will explain the difference.

Verbs without prepositions

June 7, 2013 By Nestor 2 Comments

Words like in, on, at, with, to, for are called prepositions. We use prepositions after many verbs, for example: I went to London yesterday. However, many learners use prepositions when no preposition is required.

All like her

May 30, 2013 By Nestor Leave a Comment

This is a very typical mistake in English. Even advanced learners make it. In English, we can say all, everybody and everyone, but we cannot use all if there is no following noun. Let's look at the different possible structures below.

cause that

May 12, 2013 By Nestor 3 Comments

Many learners of English make the following mistake: *The traffic caused that I was late.* In English, we cannot use 'that' after 'cause'. We can only say: Something causes something else. ....