On Wednesdays we study a mistake on The Daily English Show.
We study a variety of mistakes, including: common mistakes, mistakes from writing that
viewers send us for this purpose, mistakes we notice online or on signs we’ve seen.
Error Correction Day / Wednesday Mistake started on Show
448. Here’s a list of the mistakes we’ve studied so far:
viewers send us for this purpose, mistakes we notice online or on signs we’ve seen.
Error Correction Day / Wednesday Mistake started on Show
448. Here’s a list of the mistakes we’ve studied so far:
| Show 448 | (the) Japanese culture, holds/is holding, to/too | |
| Show 455 | I went to shopping. X (I went shopping.) | Common mistake |
| Show 462 | might had happened X (might have happened) | |
| Show 469 | I went to a live. X (I went to a gig.) | Common mistake (Japan) |
| Show 476 | Are you strong with alcohol? X (Can you drink a lot?) | Common mistake (Japan) |
| Show 483 | different from/different than (standard, non-standard) | tdes |
| Show 497 | Thank-you. X Thank you. (hyphens) | Sign (Canada) |
| Show 504 | How was work? Normal. X OK./Alright/Not too bad. | Sarah’s student (Brazil) |
| Show 511 | I have ever … X (I have … ) | Common mistake |
| Show 518 | It is very convenience. X (It is very convenient.) | Common mistake |
| Show 525 | you’re/your etc | |
| Show 532 | “Mistakes” that aren’t mistakes: visit with | English dialects |
| Show 539 | vain, vane, vein | Site: Common Errors in English |
| Show 557 | needle restaurant, welcme, reservations excepted | Signs, brochures |
| Show 564 | snowborder X (snowboarder) | Magazine (Japan) |
| Show 571 | inter net X (internet) | Flyer (Japan) |
| Show 578 | No Smorking. X (No smoking) | Website (Japan) |
| Show 585 | The taste was good. X (It tasted good.) | |
| Show 592 | The price is not expensive. X (It’s not expensive.) | Common mistake |
| Show 606 | The furnitures are nice. X (The furniture is nice.) | Common mistake |
| Show 613 | We did two stays. X (We stayed for two nights.) | Common mistake (Japan) |
| Show 620 | cue/queue | Spelling |
| Show 662 | everyday vs every day | Common mistake |
| Show 669 | I’m waiting. X (I’ll see you then.) | Common mistake (Japan) |
| Show 676 | heater vs stove | Common mistake (Japan) |
| Show 683 | I play snowboarding. X (I do snowboarding.) | Common mistake (Japan) |
| Show 690 | Do you know where is the post office? X (the P.O. is?) | Common mistake |
| Show 697 | I should of gone to the party. X (should have) | Common mistake (native) |
| Show 704 | a ten-year-old girl / ten years old | Common mistake |
| Show 711 | a vs the | Common mistake |
| Show 725 | a vs the | Common mistake |
| Show 732 | the | Common mistake |
| Show 739 | my company X (the company I work for) | Common mistake (Japan) |
| Show 746 | gonna (when to use) | Common mistake |
| Show 753 | catsup (not a mistake) | Label |
| Show 760 | How was your weekend? – how to answer | Common mistake |
| Show 767 | few vs a few | Book: Common Mistakes in Eng |
| Show 774 | hard vs hardly | Common mistake |
| Show 781 | before vs ago | Common mistake |
| Show 788 | in vs later | Common mistake |
| Show 795 | room vs a room | Vocab |
| Show 802 | for vs since | Video |
| Show 814 | so vs such | Common mistake (Europe) |
| Show 821 | Please identify with security. | Signs (Venezuela) |
| Show 828 | the letter T | Writing |
| Show 835 | wear (noun/verb) | Common mistake (Japan) |
| Show 842 | McCain did awesome. | Sarah Palin (US politician) |
| Show 849 | throw at vs throw to | Internet comment |
| Show 856 | I know him since … X (I have known him since … ) | Forum |
| Show 863 | I went to my part-time job. X (unnatural) | Teacher’s video (Japan) |
| Show 870 | How do you do? (old fashioned or UK) | Common mistake |
| Show 877 | a/the president | Blog entry (lang-8) |
| Show 884 | in these days, in late last night X (no in) | Blog entry (lang-8) |
| Show 891 | Annoying phrases | Newspaper column |
| Show 898 | nasty fantasies (strange English) | Sweatshirt (Japan) |
| Show 905 | I hurted right forefinger deeply. X (hurt) | Blog entry (lang-8) |
| Show 912 | My weight is getting up. X | Blog entry (lang-8) |
| Show 919 | a foggetable success X | Website (Singapore) |
| Show 930 | I’m caught cold. X | Blog entry (lang-8) |
| Show 937 | be ware X (beware) | Sign (Japan) |
| Show 944 | PeperCap X (Paper Cup) | Sign (Japan) |
| Show 951 | in New Year’s day X (on New Year’s Day) | Blog entry (lang-8) |
| Show 958 | play kendo X (do kendo) | Blog entry (lang-8) |
| Show 965 | quite vs quiet | Vocab |
| Show 972 | excetions X (exceptions) | Sign (United States) |
| Show 979 | staff (pronunciation) | Speech (Japanese speaker) |
| Show 986 | it’s vs its (contraction/possessive) | Common mistake / Video |
| Show 993 | infomation X (information) | Sign (Japan) |
| Show 1007 | ool/pool (not a mistake) | Sign |
| Show 1014 | botel/bottle | Menu (Japan) |
| Show 1021 | compliment/complement | tdes script |
| Show 1028 | kitchen/chicken | Common mistake / Video |
| Show 1035 | barrister/barista | Newspaper ad (NZ) |
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