Here are a few English Grammar related questions people
have asked me and also a few common mistakes I have observed over the
years.
1)
Forty
4 = Four
However, 40 =
Forty
You
CANNOT SAY : fourty.
THIS IS INCORRECT.
THIS IS INCORRECT.
The correct
spelling for 40 is forty
2)
MC
One common error when people would like to take “sick
leave” or “medical leave”,
which means a day off from work due to illness/health problems is :
“I MC today” / "I am on MC today" (x) (This is incorrect).
“I MC today” / "I am on MC today" (x) (This is incorrect).
The correct
expression is “sick leave”
or “medical leave”.
MC
means Medical Certificate.
So you CANNOT say “I'm on MC today”.
So you CANNOT say “I'm on MC today”.
You can say :
Here is my MC
/ This is my MC.
MC
also means : Master of Ceremonies
(you can also say “emcee”).
An MC acts as a host during events. The job of a MC is to make the
welcoming speech and present/introduce speakers or performers during
the event.
3)
Pain
The common
expression used in this country is :
My tooth is
paining. (x)
or
My stomach is
paining. (x)
This is
INCORRECT.
We cannot
say : paining.
We CAN say :
aching / painful / hurting
For example :
2) My stomach is
very painful.
3) I am in
pain.
4) My head is
aching.
5) My foot is
hurting.
6) There is a
pain
in my foot.
We can also use
the word “pain”
for emotional distress.
For example :
1) It pains
me to hear you making such atrocious grammatical mistakes.
atrocious :
shockingly bad / terrible
3) It pains
me to say this to you but I have to
be honest; your house is a mess.
4) The pain
of loneliness is making her do crazy things.
5) It was so
painful
seeing him with someone else.
When you want to
talk about the severity of the pain or how bad the pain is, you can
use the word “severe”.
For example :
1) I have severe
pain at the side of my abdomen.
2) I have a
severe
toothache.
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