Common Grammar Mistakes

[bluebelleV]

sisses, which is correct, I VISIT THE DENTIST REGULARLY or I REGULARLY VISIT THE DENTIST? i believe the first one is correct because usually the adverb sa huli nilalagay. please paki expand explanation about dz. tia

both are correct, it just depends on which word you want to stress or emphasize..

[witch_goddess]

the use of do/does- some will use do with a singular subject  instead of does
for example: She don't know me.

i do not know if acceptable na ba when you use bucks in referring to Philippine money. kasi from what i know bucks is a slang term for dollars

[lytblu]

^bakit yun kanta ni jlo "love don't cost a thing" at hindi "love doesn't cost a thing"

[ohcmon]

^ Actually witch_goddess is correct. Sa songs, usually hindi talaga perfect grammar ng lyrics ng mga yan, what they use is kung ano 'yung magandang pakinggan.

Ang awkward 'pag kinanta mo, "Even if you were broke, my love doesn't cost a thing."

[witch_goddess]

^^sis lytblu - i am referring to proper sentence construction the agreement between subject and verb

^ sis ohcmon- exactly sis kasi sa song lyrics hindi naman yun nag follow sa correct sentence structure at proper grammar. weird siguro pakinggan if ganun

[-munchkins12-]

affect and effect

[cha_kobi]

affect and effect

I was taught an affect can create an effect. May not be 100% correct, but it does help keep things straight. 

e.g. Too much coffee intake affected his sleep pattern: the effect was insomnia.

[shineadet]

songs and poems i think are exempted ata sa grammar rules. tama ba? hehe.

[kiminsan]

I was taught an affect can create an effect. May not be 100% correct, but it does help keep things straight. 

e.g. Too much coffee intake affected his sleep pattern: the effect was insomnia.

nice one sis, galing 

[dark_phoenix]

I like this thread. Keep it coming guys. Wala pa akong na think eh.

[rae]

Someone at work always says "the reason why is because..."

It's starting to annoy me.

[TysLolakins]

Indefinite pronouns like EVERYBODY, EVERYONE, SOMEONE, SOMEBODY are SINGULAR not PLURAL.
Kaya the verb should be singular also.
This is correct - Everyone is happy.
This is wrong - Everybody are happy.

Same goes for the possesive pronouns following the indefinite pronouns in the same sentence.
This is correct - Everyone is putting a smile on his or her face.
This is wrong  - Everyone is putting a smile on their face.”

[twiist]

"stuff" as a noun can never be pluralized as "stuffs", except in the case of "foodstuffs"

STUFF is an uncountable noun, so you should use singular verbs for it.

Example: "This stuff is hard."

If you want to pluralize STUFF, use adjectives/adverbs:

Example:
Adjective: "I bought you SOME cool stuff."
Adverb: "Gift Gate sells SO MUCH cute stuff."

More info on uncountable nouns here: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-un-countable_2.htm

THE ONLY TIME YOU CAN USE "STUFFS" is as a VERB. ("She stuffs the bills into her purse.")

Personally, I prefer using the word THINGS instead of STUFF. Parehas lang naman sila ng ibig sabihin - mas madali pang gamitin ang THINGS.

[TysLolakins]

^ agreed!

same with 'SHRIMP', one shrimp or a boatfull of shrimp is just 'SHRIMP'.

(caveat, shrimps is use when talking about species of shrimps...)

[bluebelleV]

likewise with furniture and jewelry ...
should be pcs of furniture and pcs of jewelry

[lizwright04]

Mostly I read "1 vouchers", "1 hours", "1 comments"

 

[jan888]

misuse of the words 'lose' and 'loose' 

[shyreen]

If I "were" you.
 
I "was" able to find it.
 
kelan tama yung I were at I was? :-) TIA!

[MaitaOfMakeupOnDemand]

^ The verb "to be" takes the form "were" in a conditional such as in "If I were you." If used in a plain declarative as an auxiliary verb, use "was" 

[shineadet]

damage ( without s)
        Harm or injury to property or a person, resulting in loss of value or the impairment of usefulness.
damages
         Law Money ordered to be paid as compensation for injury or loss.