Apa itu Common Errors ? Dalam bahasa Inggris, terkadang masih bingung pemakaian kata kerja (verbs), dan Adjectives (kata sifat) yang diikuti kata depan tetap (fixed preposition) misalnya agree with, laugh at, angry with, afraid of, etc.
Common Errors, yakni kesalahan-kesalahan umum dalam penggunaan kata depan dalam penulisan sebuah pola kalimat.
Fixed Preposition dengan Verbs :
Accuse of = menuduh
False : They accused the man for stealing
True : They accused the man of stealing
Verbs lain :
- suspect of
- convict of
- remind of
- cure of
- approve of
- consist of
- despair of
- smell of
Agree with
False : we agree to him
True : we agree with him
Verbs lain :
- connect with
- associate with
- consult with
- help with
- impress with
- satisfy with
- interfere with
- cover with
Pengecualian :
I agree on your opinion
Smile at
False : That girl smiles to me
True : That girl smiles at me
Verbs lain :
- look at
- stare at
- aim at
- laugh at
- arrive at
- look at
- glance at
Hope for
False : we hope about your success
True : we hope for your success
Verbs lain :
- call for
- long for
- pray for
- wait for
- watch for
- wish for
- ask for
- blame for
- substitute for
- pay for
- forgive for
Conform to (menyesuaikan)
False : we must conform with new rules
True : we must conform to new rules
Verbs lain :
- point to
- reply to
- listen to
- subscribe to
- object to
- engage to
- marry to
- look forward to
- bind to
- tie to
- resort to
Depend on
False : he always depends from his parents
True : he always depends on his parents
Verbs lain :
- decide on
- insist on
- count on
- trust on
- reflect on
- rely on
- spend on
- base on
- inflict on
- plan on
- impose on
Believe in
False : he believes to her
True : he believes in her
Verbs lain
- succeed in
- confide in
- participate in
- fail in
- end in
- indulge in
- result in
Fixed preposition dengan Adjectives (kata sifat)
Afraid of
False : he is afraid to the snake
True : he is afraid of snake
Verbs lain :
- ashamed of
- aware of
- capable of
- fond of
- guilty of
- jealous of
- proud of
- tired of
- ahead of
- shy of
- short of
- worthy of
- tolerant of
- positive of
- sure of
- certain of
- glad of
- conscious of
- envious of
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