COMMON ERRORS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: TRAVEL AND PLACES

                     

                    COMMON ERRORS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: TRAVEL AND PLACES

Dear readers, in the previous post, we discussed the common errors in terms of “Talking about Work and Learning” that we commit in our daily conversations. In this post, let us explore more about communicative errors in terms of “Travel and Places”. Some of the important errors that tend to occur naturally in our conversation are briefed below:

Look at the following statements:

1.     I am coming from Madurai.

I come from Madurai or I am from Madurai.

Use Simple Present Tense while talking about our native place or country.

2.   I go to college with my motorbike.

I go to college on my motorbike.

Use ‘on’ to mention about motorbike.

3.   Teacher arrived late in school.

Teacher arrived late at school.

“Arrive in” should be used in a town or a country but ‘at’ is used in other places like office, school, theatre etc.   

 

4.   I go to office by foot.

I go to office on foot.

We go by car, bus, train, plane etc. but we must use ‘on’ before foot.

 

5.   The climate in Coimbatore is quite sultry this month.

The weather in Coimbatore is quite sultry this month.

‘Climate’ is used to refer to typical weather conditions over large regions, that is tropical climate. For local conditions ‘weather’ should be used.

 

Reference:

Saumya Sharma. (2017). Common Errors in Everyday English

 

 Author:

K. Nandhakumar

Assistant Professor of English

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science (Autonomous)

Coimbatore-641 020