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on this article we’ll discuss the meaning and usage of the word “common”. We’ll also talk about 3 very common grammar mistake.
If you look in the dictionary, you’ll see that the word “common” is an adjective that has many different meanings. The best way to understand them is to look at examples of sentences with the word “common” in them.
1. Shared by, or belonging to more than one person: My husband and I have common values and goals.
2.Shared by, or belonging to a whole community or group of people: It is considered a common courtesy not to smoke in closed public buildings.
In the field of mathematics, we use the term “denominator” to describe the bottom of a fraction. For example, in the fraction 7/8, the 7 is the “numerator” and the 8 is the “denominator”.
What does this have to do with the word “common”?
Well, have you ever heard someone use the phrase “common denominator”? This phrase denotes something that is shared by two or more people or groups.
Example: Despite all our differences, we do have one common denominator, which is our commitment to preserving our natural environment.
The song “Love of the Common People” was written and composed by John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins. Here are the lyrics of the chorus. Notice how the phrase “common people” denotes in the song not just “regular” people, but also “poor” people.
“…she’s living in the love of the common people,
smiles from the heart of a family man.
Daddy’s gonna buy you a dream to cling to,
Mama’s gonna love you just as much as she can
and she can…”
Listen to “Love of the Common People” on YouTube, performed by Paul Young:
1.Last month we talked about the different ways to use the Present Progressive. We saw that there were quite a few common usages. But that doesn’t mean it should always be used when talking about the present.
Many Israelis use the Present Progressive as their “default” tense for the present, but this is a big mistake. In the following sentences, Present Progressive was used where Present Simple should have been used (check out next month’s English Newsletter for a full explanation about Present Simple):
a. Incorrect – I am living in Ashdod. Correct-I live in Ashdod.
b. Incorrect-I am taking the train to work every day. Correct– I take the train to work every day.
2. Many Israelis are used to adding the preposition “to” to the word can. The reason they make this mistake is that this would be the direct translation from Hebrew. In Hebrew we put “to” after “can” and in English we don’t! Take a look:
Incorrect: I can to help you. Correct: I can help you.
3. Never use the future simple tense after will!!!!
Incorrect: If it will rain, I’ll take an umbrella. Correct: If it rains, I’ll take an umbrella.
לינגולרן הנו אתר לימוד שפות באינטרנט, המאפשר לכם לעשות קורס אנגלית למתחילים, או לשפר את מיומנויות האנגלית שלכם וללמוד אנגלית עם מורים מנוסים וחומרי לימוד מעולים, בכיתה וירטואלית מתקדמת.
לחצו כאן כדי לראות את הניוזלטרים הקודמים שלנו
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