Oct 26 2007

Lesson

==== afraid of, not from ====
don’t say: the girl is afraid from the dog.
Say: the girl is afraid of the dog

==== arrive at, not to ====
don’t say: we arrived to the village at night.
Say: we arrived at the village at night.

==== ashamed of, not from ====
don’t say: He is now ashamed from his conduct.
Say: : He is now ashamed of his conduct.

==== consist of, not from ====
Don’t say: a year consist from 12 months.
Say: a year consist of 12 months.

==== covered with, not by ====
Don’t say: the mountains are covered by snow.
Say: the mountains are covered with snow

==== cure of, not from ====
Don’t say: the man was cured from his illness.
Say: the man was cured of his illness.

==== Confidence in, not on, and not to ====
Don’t say: I have great confidence on/to him.
Say: I have great confidence in him.

==== Get rid of, not from ====
Don’t say: I shall be glad to get rid from him.
Say: I shall be glad to get rid of him.

==== good at, not in ====
don’t say : my brother is good in mathematics.
Say: my brother is good mathematics.
Also we say: bad at, clever at, weak at, quick at, slow at, ..etc

==== look at, not to ====
Don’t say: look to this beautiful picture.
Say: look at this beautiful picture.

==== jealous of, not from ====
don’t say: he is very jealous from his brother.
Say: he is very jealous of his brother.

==== take by, not from ====
don’t say: he took his brother from the hand.
Say: he took his brother by the hand.

==== write in ink, not with ink ====
don’t say: I have written the letter with ink.
Say: I have written the letter in ink

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11:07 PM Nov 07 2007 \| Reply
Bent UAE United Arab Emirates	Hi ^_ that is so nice of u to put this grammar leson as i see these are commen mistaks that some people do… and i hop that every bady will learn from it … no mater if it was quick look I hop u give us more from this lesons your friend ^- Bent UAE

11:07 PM Nov 07 2007 | Reply

Bent UAE

United Arab Emirates

Hi ^_

that is so nice of u to put this grammar leson

as i see these are commen mistaks that some people do… and i hop that every bady will learn from it … no mater if it was quick look

I hop u give us more from this lesons

your friend ^-

Bent UAE

11:09 PM Nov 07 2007 \| Reply
Kber __Al7a6' United Arab Emirates	hi ………………….. Thanks you for your lesson ,that make us improve oue grammer and speaking . we hope to see more lessons and thank you again best wishes

11:09 PM Nov 07 2007 | Reply

Kber __Al7a6'

United Arab Emirates

hi …………………..

Thanks you for your lesson ,that make us improve oue grammer and speaking .

we hope to see more lessons

and thank you again

best wishes

03:13 AM Nov 11 2007 \| Reply
BaRbIcAn88 United Arab Emirates	tHaAaAaAnkzZz My fRiEnDs 2 eNcoUrEg mE.. ! hOpE ThE OtHeR MeMbErS w!lL gEt BeNfIt 2…

03:13 AM Nov 11 2007 | Reply

BaRbIcAn88

United Arab Emirates

tHaAaAaAnkzZz

My fRiEnDs 2 eNcoUrEg mE..

! hOpE ThE OtHeR MeMbErS w!lL gEt BeNfIt 2…

07:52 AM Jan 11 2008 \| Reply
EmilyEF Malta	thanks for encouraging me* I hope the other members will benefit from it too* :)

07:52 AM Jan 11 2008 | Reply

EmilyEF

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thanks for encouraging me*

I hope the other members will benefit from it too*

05:27 AM Apr 08 2008 \| Reply
BaRbIcAn88 United Arab Emirates	tHaNksss EMiLy

05:27 AM Apr 08 2008 | Reply

BaRbIcAn88

United Arab Emirates

tHaNksss

EMiLy

01:03 AM May 08 2008 \| Reply
*nabilnata** Yemen	thanks and best wishes

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nabil*nata

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thanks and best wishes

02:54 AM May 08 2008 \| Reply
Susan1027 China	it's very practicality

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Susan1027

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it's very practicality

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GiovanniB

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It's very important for me.

08:20 AM May 08 2008 \| Reply
KIARAH Ecuador	This is great! thx a lot! K

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KIARAH

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This is great! thx a lot!

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AmenityTree

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This is really very helpful!!! Thanks a lot!

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