Common Mistakes

The following is a list of common mistakes made by Korean speakers of English.

The following expressions are over used:

In my case . . .

In these days . . .

Using "so" when you mean very or a lot.  Use so when you are going to give an explination or to give a slight exclimation:  There were so many people!

Don't put the long "e" sound after words that end in sh or ch.
Don't say churche,  Englishe, beache, or squashe.

Here are some mistakes made by students, see if you can correct them before reading the correction in red.

The bus driver, he drove too fast.
The bus driver drove too fast.

In the past I don't have to learn to drive.
In the past I didn't have to learn to drive.

I had a great time I'm feeling very funny.
I had a great time I'm feeling very happy.

Squash is not difficult to me.
Squash is not difficult for me.

I'm beginner.
I'm a beginner.

I just do sleep on the weekends.
I just sleep on the weekends.

I'm very boring.
I'm very bored.

I play bowling.
I go bowling.

In this day we went to the store.
Today we went to the store.