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HELPFUL HINTS FOR BUSINESS ENGLISH: Common mistakes

Do you make these English mistakes? I have corrected the first few. Do you think you can do the rest?

-  It’s not happen much (it doesn’t happen much/often)

-  Sometimes I not find the word (sometimes I don’t find the word)

-  Usually I’m have a lot of mistakes on the  grammar (Usually I have a lot of grammar mistakes)

-  I find myself all stucking (I find myself stuck all the time)

-  The most purpose is to speak (The most important is to speak)

-  I hate those stuff (I hate these things/ I hate that stuff) - you can’t count stuff so you can’t use these

- People that starts their own business (people that start their own business)

- Usually it’s encourages innovation (usually it encourages innovation)

It’s depends (it depends)- This is one of the BIGGEST mistakes even with my high-level students

- I had a perfect English (I had perfect English)

- I came up really early, like 6:00 pm (I got up)

-  I’ve retired before the army (I retired before the army)

- It was few months ago (It was a few months ago)

- He didn’t help me because he wasn’t concentrated

- The way to prepare to this presentation was different

- I’m still not in the level that I can do it on my own

- They eventually succeed next time

- I know what it is authority

- I ask her what she want to do

- I worked as a waitress since I was 14

-  They want change this balance

- Last week I was in stress

All these mistakes are completely avoidable. Happy to talk about how I can help you and your team avoid them


Don’t look in front of you at the insurmountable mountains, look behind you at the ones you have already conquered.
— Tara Carey, Founder of Art of English