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Common Mistakes with “Insist” Common Mistakes with “Insist” What do you think about this two phrases with “insist”? Which one is correct? Insist to Insist on This article is going to discuss about this difference and it tries to answer this question which is related to a common mistake in English language in using ‘insist’ with proper preposition. Let’s figure …

Adjectives order in English Sometime we need to describe something or someone, by more than just one adjective because it isn’t enough to use just one adjective to describe what we want to express. So in such situations we need to know which adjective should be used before the other(s). Based on these order we can put the adjectives in …

Which one is correct? indifferent for or indifferent to? So here in this post some points related to this answer will be discussed and you will learnt these points which help you to avoid one of English Common Mistakes. Let’s take a look at the meaning of ‘indifferent’ before every thing: indifferent: /inˈdif(ə)rənt/ adjective – apathetic, detached; unbiased, impartial ; unconcerned, disinterested; average; mediocre; unessential, …

Phrasal verb is a phrase which combines two or three words from different grammatical categories for example a verb and a preposition. Phrasal verbs are so useful in English and here in this post the list of some useful phrasal verbs relating to clothes and clothing or Clothes Phrasal Verbs would be discussed.  So you can see the list 21 …

Common Mistakes with guilty I am going to tell you some points about the adjective “guilty” which is related to its prepositions. Let’s check the meaning of guilty before going to its prepositions. Here is the definition of Guilty in some dictionaries: Oxford:   adjective 1- culpable, to blame, at fault, in the wrong, blameworthy, responsible; erring, errant, delinquent, offending, sinful, …

Common Mistakes with reported speech As you know Direct Speech is the message of the speaker which is conveyed or reported in his / her own actual words without changing any words in the sentence, but Indirect Speech is the message of the speaker which is conveyed or reported in the speaker’s own words (with some changes to the words). In …

  نکته: استفاده از شکل مصدر با to بعد از کلمات دارای حرف اضافه، نادرست است و باید بعد از آنها از Gerund (فعل ing دار) استفاد کرد. مثال: Fond of + -ing. × She’s always fond to talk. ✓ She’s always fond of talking. Tired of + -ing. × The customer got tired to wait. ✓ The customer got tired of waiting. برای …

Common Mistakes in English 46 اشتباهات رایج در زبان انگلیسی ۴۶ در پست های قبلی اشتباهات رایج مربوط به استفاده از فعل به صورت مصدر با to و یا به صورت ing دار (gerund) نکات مهمی را در مورد نحوه تصمیم گیری و انتخاب شکل درست فعل و اینکه آیا به صورت مصدر با to از آن استفاده شود و یا …

Common Mistakes in English 45 اشتباهات رایج در زبان انگلیسی ۴۵ در پست قبلی در مورد نقش مفعولی فعل در جمله بحث شد و با ذکر مثال های لیستی از افعالی که فعل بعد از آنها به صورت مصدر با to و یا به صورت ing دار (gerund) و در نقش مفعولی ظاهر می شود نکاتی ارائه شد. در پست …

Common Mistakes in English 44 اشتباهات رایج در زبان انگلیسی ۴۴ در پست قبلی به نقش فاعلی افعال در ابتدای جمله اشاره شد و با ذکر مثال ها و جزئیات و نیز موارد استثنایی گفتیم که در اکثر موارد اگر فعل در ابتدای جمله حضور داشته باشد و جمله ما امری (دستوری) نباشد، بهتر است فعل به صورت ing دار …