Why wrong: The word pronounciation doesn’t exist. The word is pronunciation. It’s true that the verb is to pronounce, but the noun is different. To be taken seriously…
Correct it: Ask, What is the right pronunciation?
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Quick, phone 9-1-1! Translation: « Ma femme est en train de contaminer ses cheveux. » Why wrong: Taint doesn’t mean teindre, but rather contaminer, infecter, or salir. For more help with false friends, click here. …
>Why wrong: “Publicity” is non-count or mass noun. Mass nouns can’t be plural or take an indefinite article (a or an means one, which is a number). Correct it: With mass nouns, don’t use indefinite…
Why wrong: The expression Yesterday night (hier nuit) doesn’t exist in either English or French. Either say yesterday evening (hier soir) or last night (la nuit dernière). To be taken seriously… Correct it: Say, “We…
What? You changed them? Translation: « J’ai changé mes notes avant l’examen. » Why wrong: Revise is a false friend. It doesn’t always mean réviser. What are “false friends?” False friends are words from different languages…
Really? Is she a machine? Translation: « Le chirurgien a fait fonctionner ma mère. » Why wrong: In English there are thousands of expressions called phrasal verbs that use a particle (i.e. a preposition or…
What? Are you Batman? He has a batmobile, a batplane and a batcycle. He must have a batroom too. Why wrong: Th is a distinct sound in English, not to be confused with t. For more…