SOME GRAMMAR MISTAKES

FOOD AFFAIRSS:---

Wrong: “I like my eggs HALF-BOILED.”
Right: “I like my eggs SOFT-BOILED.”
(EXPLANATION: So far there is no cooking equipment for boiling only half of an egg while it is still in the shell.)

Wrong: “I go MARKETING only once a week.”
Right: “I go TO THE MARKET only once a week.”
(EXPLANATION: “Marketing” is done only by the marketing executives of a company.)

Wrong: “Why are you not DRINKING your soup?”
Right: “Why are you not HAVING your soup?”
(EXPLANATION: As soup typically contains solid ingredients, unlike water or milk or juice, it is generally not appropriate to use “drink” to describe its consumption.)

Wrong: “Have you FINISH eating?”
Right: “Have you FINISHED eating!”
(EXPLANATION: “Finish” here is used as part of the verb “have finished”.)

Wrong: “This restaurant operates on a ‘first come, first SERVE basis.”
Right: ” … ‘first come, first SERVED basis.”

Wrong: ” No fish? Prawns ALSO CAN.”
Right: “No fish? Prawns ARE FINE TOO.”

Wrong: Cake-seller to customer: “Okay, two banana muffins and one peach tart. SOME MORE?”
Right: “… ANYTHING ELSE!”

Wrong: “Sorry. I LEFT only one Sri Lanka crab. CAN TAKE local crabs instead?”
Right: “… I HAVE only one small Sri Lanka crab LEFT. CAN you TAKE local crabs instead? ”