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| Description | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Collocation: spend it for/on | I spend it for my essence. | Collocations |
| Translation errors: by/for example | By example, poor spelling makes pattern matching more difficult. | Collocations |
| Translation error: a gesture of greeting | She made me a gesture of greeting. | Collocations |
| Collocation: we call/you would call | I'm not what we call perfectly bilingual. | Collocations |
| Collocation: consequences on/for/of | The new labour laws will have consequences to employees. | Collocations |
| Collocation: ask (to) | Ask to all the employees. | Collocations |
| Collocation: at/in the room | The plant is at the kitchen. | Collocations |
| Collocation: invoice of/for | We booked for 8 tickets but we only received an invoice of 7 tickets. | Collocations |
| Collocation: in charge of/for | Wood in exchange of metal. | Collocations |
| Collocation: fill of/with | Fill the page of numbers. | Collocations |
| Collocation: located on (at) Main street | The company's name is Denver Inc. and it's located on 11056 Main street. | Collocations |
| Collocation: on/in the middle | The button is on the middle of the screen. | Collocations |
| Collocation: on/in the corner | The button is on the top left corner of the screen. | Collocations |
| Collocation: on/in the corner | The button is on the top-left corner of the screen. | Collocations |
| Collocation: similar/like as/to | the roof will be similar as a church. | Collocations |
| Collocation: kind with/to | All the people he met were very kind with him. | Collocations |
| Collocation: come in/into | Finally, the boss called us all to come in her giant office for a meeting. | Collocations |
| Collocation: motivation in/to | It is very important for them because motivation in study is the best ways for them to get good mark and high spirit in study process. | Collocations |
| Collocation: in/on the right hand side | The button is in the left hand side of the screen. | Collocations |
| Collocation: in/at the top | The button is in the top of the screen. | Collocations |
| Collocation: lunch to/for | The lunch to the guests is ready. | Collocations |
| Collocation: difficult to/for | Studying grammar is difficult to me. | Collocations |
| Collocation: a diversity of colors OR diverse colors | The diversity nature of this work is appealing to many. | Collocations |
| Collocation: waiting (to) finish | I am waiting my patient finish the sample collection. | Collocations |
| Collocation: return in/to | While we were returning in the office, I have been arrested for speeding. | Collocations |
| Collocation: return in/to | While we were returning in Montreal, I was arrested for speeding. | Collocations |
| Collocation: do/throw/have a party | A new roommate has moved in, so we decided to do a party with all of us. | Collocations |
| Collocation: do/throw/have a party | I like making a party. | Collocations |
| Collocation: in charge for/of/with | Who is in charge for this shop? | Collocations |
| Collocation: a trip to | John and Jenny week decided to go on a trip in New York. | Collocations |
| Collocation: a trip to | John and Jenny week decided to go on a trip in York. | Collocations |
| Collocation: a trip to | John and Jenny week decided to go on a trip in New-York. | Collocations |
| Collocation: listen to/watch movies | During my free time, I like listen to movies in cinema with my boyfriend and my friends. | Collocations |
| Collocation: listen to/watch movies | During my free time, I like listen to movie with my boyfriend and my friends. | Collocations |
| Collocation: listen to/watch movies | During the week, I listen to action movie in English because I want to improve myself with my sister. | Collocations |
| Collocation: in/on the team | in the men's team. | Collocations |
| Collocation: in/on the team | in the men's basketball team. | Collocations |
| Collocation: in/on the team | in the men's basket ball team. | Collocations |
| Collocation: arrival to/in the house | Their arrival to the city will be at one o'clock. | Collocations |
| Collocation: arrival to/in the house | At that time, their arrival to the house was a surprise. | Collocations |
| Collocation: come in/by car | She comes in car. | Collocations |
| Collocation: come in/by car | She comes to work in car. | Collocations |
| Collocation: Word + to + PRP|NNP|DT | Prior leaving, he had a good time. | Collocations |
| Collocation: Word + to + PRP|NNP|DT | She wants redecorate the house again. | Collocations |
| missing hyphen in adjectives with 'non/anti' | He is non American | Collocations |
| 'Thank' + Proper noun | Thank Carl we can finally start the project. | Collocations |
| 'Thank the' + noun | Thank the clarifications. | Collocations |
| Missing preposition | According Angela, they are dating. | Collocations |
| Collocation: Good in/at | I'm good in world geography. | Collocations |
| Collocation: Good in/at | I'm good in social studies. | Collocations |
| Collocation: Good in/at | I'm good in physical education. | Collocations |
| Collocation: Good in/at | I'm good in language arts. | Collocations |
| Collocation: Good in/at | I'm good in home economics. | Collocations |
| Collocation: Good in/at | I'm good in computer science. | Collocations |
| Collocation: Good in/at | I'm good in math. I was good in running errands. | Collocations |
| Collocation: good in/at | He is good in swimming. | Collocations |
| Collocation: exception to/of | This is an exception of the guidelines. | Collocations |
| Collocation: exception to/of | I'll make an exception to you. | Collocations |
| eat (take) antibiotics | I ate medicine for 2 weeks after my operation. | Collocations |
| missing comma after 'hey there' | Hey there this is a great idea. | Punctuation |
| missing comma after 'hey there' | Hey there when do you have time? | Punctuation |
| missing comma after 'hey there' | Hey there do you have some time? | Punctuation |
| no comma in 'reason, why' | There are many reasons, why we should not do this. | Punctuation |
| would be nice, if (no comma) | It would be great, if you could have a look. | Punctuation |
| would be nice, if (no comma) | I would appreciate it, if you could take a look. | Punctuation |
| would be nice, if (no comma) | Would you mind, if you could take a look. | Punctuation |
| would be nice, if (no comma) | Do you know, if this is true? | Punctuation |
| Comma before closing parenthesis | Its villages include Dreibelbis (also in Greenwich Township,) Edenburg, and Windsor Castle. | Punctuation |
| disease that seems unrelated to speech - (—|,) such as MS | However, speech distortions may also occur as a result of a disease that seems unrelated to speech - such as multiple sclerosis or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | Punctuation |
| disease that seems unrelated to speech - (—|,) such as MS | Other vehicles - such as the MRAP family - may be primarily armoured against the threat from IEDs and so will have heavy, sloped armour on the bottom of the hull. | Punctuation |
| 40-70 (40–70) | Participants in the study were 40-70 years old. | Punctuation |
| 40-70 (40–70) | Roman Principate (30 BC - AD 284) | Punctuation |
| 40-70 (40–70) | The Ajmer - Jaipur expressway is a 6 lane highway. | Punctuation |
| 40-70 (40–70) | (Alexandria - Cairo / 6-8 lanes, mostly lit) | Punctuation |
| Remove comma after Oxford list, before predicate | Speech, language, and voice disorders such as apraxia, aphasia, and spasmodic dysphonia, affect the vocal cords, nerves, muscles, and brain structures. | Punctuation |
| Comma after Oxford list, before new clause | Speech, language, and voice disorders affect the vocal cords, nerves, muscles, and brain structures and this results in distorted language reception or speech production. | Punctuation |
| Comma after Oxford list, before new clause | Add in algorithms, machine learning, bots, remote sensing, social engineering, and psychological warfare and it really gets crazy. | Punctuation |
| neither X, nor Y, nor Z (neither X nor Y nor Z) | He is neither rich, nor poor. | Punctuation |
| neither X, nor Y, nor Z (neither X nor Y nor Z) | I like neither pizza, nor ice cream, nor soda. | Punctuation |
| neither X, nor Y, nor Z (neither X nor Y nor Z) | But neither deployment, nor the local development flow, is containerized yet. | Punctuation |
| comma before ending sentence with adverb | It could work maybe. | Punctuation |
| comma between 'then' and 'when' | Then when a user contacts you, you will receive a notification. | Punctuation |
| comma before/after 'huh?' | Was it you huh? | Punctuation |
| comma before/after 'huh?' | Huh I thought it was done already. | Punctuation |
| if we can't we ... | If I can't we'll record a short Zoom meeting. | Punctuation |
| Comma in 'very very good' | It is very very cool. | Punctuation |
| Comma in 'very very good' | It is far far better. | Punctuation |
| Comma in 'very very good' | It is a long long way. | Punctuation |
| Comma in 'very very good' | It happened long long ago. | Punctuation |
| Comma in 'oh oh' | Oh oh, he is coming. | Punctuation |
| Comma in 'ok ok' | Ok ok, you are right. | Punctuation |
| Comma after 'nowadays | Nowadays everything is a bit faster than back then. | Punctuation |
| Comma after 'nowadays | Nowadays people are scared of the dark. | Punctuation |
| comma before 'thanks' | Sounds good thanks. | Punctuation |
| comma before 'thanks' | Well sorry. | Punctuation |
| The older the more we ... | The older we get the better we used to be. | Punctuation |
| The older the more we ... | The older it gets the better it used to be. | Punctuation |
| The older the more we ... | It seemed to me that the more I drank the farther women wanted to stay from me. | Punctuation |
| The older the more we ... | The older the better it used to be. | Punctuation |
| I(,) for one(,) think | I for one think that we should not do this. | Punctuation |
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