Common Grammar Mistakes

[craziestqueenever]

in
- is used to indicate that something/somebody is within or inside something (The dinner's in the oven.)
- can also indicate place (He spent a year in Japan.) or time (She should be leaving in a week or two.)

on
- indicates position above and in contact with the surface of something else (on the bed, clock on the wall)

at
- indicates general position or location. If you wish to be more specific with the position/location, better use on, over, under, etc. instead of at. (Someone's at the door, or I work at home).
- can be used to express when something happens (Lunch is at noon)

its
- possessive form (Its wheels are broken)

it's
- shortened "it is" (It's important that you call me)


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I'll add lang mga sis my other pet peeve, there's no such word as tuition fee. Tuition is the fee for instruction at school/univ, so redundant 'yung tuition fee.

Thanks sis!

[FOURever]

yung jean pants? Jeans sya kapag walang pants na kasama o pwedeng jean lang?

[chianti]

Use of prepositions on time and dates.

In is used to indicate a year or month or a period of time (in 1998, in February, in spring, in a few minutes, in the evening). On is used to indicate the exact date or days of the week (on December 4, 2011, on Christmas, on Sunday). At is used to indicate a specific time (at 1 PM, at noon, at six o'clock). 

[chianti]

sis FOURever, I'm just not sure but jeans is usually used as a noun. Pag jean lang, ang usage nya is adjective.

[kiminsan]

yung jean pants? Jeans sya kapag walang pants na kasama o pwedeng jean lang?

Jeans is always plural, just like pants, trousers and slacks.

[chris_mend]

curious lang..how to say in englis..bababa ka na ng jeep or bus. =)

[kiminsan]

curious lang..how to say in englis..bababa ka na ng jeep or bus. =)

bababa ng bus or jeep
"I am getting off the bus/jeep."

sasakay ng bus or jeep
"I am getting in the bus/jeep."

Hope that helps..

[chris_mend]

bababa ng bus or jeep
"I am getting off the bus/jeep."

sasakay ng bus or jeep
"I am getting in the bus/jeep."

Hope that helps..

thanks sis! =)

[ladyarcher]

should be "information" not  informations.
"stuff"rather than stuffs.
"unlike" rather than not unlike.

[Vans]

tuition fee vs tuition

British English: Tuition means teaching or instruction
North American English: Tuition means fee for instruction

I think "tuition fee" is correct.

[lytblu]

 ano ba ang dapat when referring to the body of a person. i like his build or built? he has nice build or built?

[azel]

^ i believe it should be "built"

[Stella_r]

This is verbal/pronunciation and not grammar but can I share anyway? I always, always, always hear it eh. Pronouncing confirm as CONFEERM.

[Lady Czarina]

^ may thread for that sis

http://www.femalenetwork.com/girltalk/index.php/topic,212343.0.html

 

[Stella_r]

^Yikes! Thanks sis!

[Lady Blue]

yung "entitled"
you use entitled if you are "entitled to something" etc. etc.
pero pag you are referring sa title, di na dapat entitled.

I must beg to differ.
According to dictionary.com and according to my English professors, and as far as I know, saying " Blah blah is the author of the book ENTITLED..." is correct. It is of British origin, but it is still correct.

[greenwood05]

I'm not sure if dito ko dapat ipost 'to pero yung one thing na commonly said na naiirita ako is "Sobrang naboboring ako" or something to that effect. Pwede namang "I'm bored" na lang e.

[craziestqueenever]

Mga sis... I'm just confused ano ba ang tama?

On Facebook or In Facebook?

On my list or In my list?

Pasensiya na    

[ReservoirDogs]

^^

On list ang most common usage.  Ang palatandaan ko yung song ng Hall & Oates (because your kiss, your kiss is on my list). Hehe.  Pero ginagamit din daw ang "in the list" pa minsan minsan. Check mo englishforums.com about the difference between in and on.

Ang alam ko, pag website name on ang gamit.  Ex.  She posted her pics on FB.  Not sure about this one, but that's what I read before.  I just forgot where.

[ReservoirDogs]

ano ba ang dapat when referring to the body of a person. i like his build or built? he has nice build or built?

Build, not built. Build when used as a noun (as what you posted above), means "physique".