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Most Common TOEFL Grammar and Language Use Errors

This page lists all of the blog posts and website articles I’ve written about common TOEFL grammar and language use problems.  I read about a dozen TOEFL essays every day, and if a type of error occurs quite frequently, I write an article about it.  Here’s what I’ve written so far:

  • “Discuss with” needs an object
  • “Since then” vs “after that”
  • Subject-Verb agreement with gerunds
  • Using the definite article before “society”
  • Semicolon Use
  • “Boring” vs “Bored”
  • Writing about Subways
  • “Public Transportation” vs “Public Transportations”
  • “Lose Weight” vs “Lose My Weight“
  • “Every day” vs “Everyday”
  • “Value” vs “evaluate”
  • “Economic” vs “Economical“
  •  “Near” vs “Nearby“
  • “Make effort” vs “make an effort”
  • “access” vs “access to”
  • “even if” vs “even though”
  • “until now” vs “so far”
  • “until now” vs “since then”
  • “maintain relationships” vs “keep relationships”
  • “while” and avoiding sentence fragments
  • Using “one of the” properly
  • “Stopped to VERB” vs “Stopped VERBing”
  • Using “every” properly
  • DINOSAURS!
  • Writing numbers
  • “ago” vs “earlier”

And I’ve also written a few related blog posts:

  • Book Review: English Grammar in Use
  • Book Review:  Supplementary Exercises for English Grammar in Use
  • Study Guide for English Grammar in Use
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