Common mistakes in English

Over the last few years, we have corrected millions of words in the texts we have processed. Here, we present a list of common mistakes that we have found. The list is sorted according to the frequency with which we corrected the phrase. Not all corrections are present due to privacy concerns.

Position Before After
#7401 Saw I saw
#7402 feed fed
#7403 aloud allowed
#7404 6th 6
#7405 tell ask
#7406 inquires inquiries
#7407 JBO J B O
#7408 purchased purchase
#7409 Not It is not
#7410 caring care
#7411 Master's Masters
#7412 accomodation accommodation
#7413 Also and also
#7414 proceed process
#7415 drive drives
#7416 life’s lives
#7417 hang hung
#7418 What’s What is
#7419 carrier career
#7420 nice good
#7421 have taken took
#7422 from front
#7423 enable enabling
#7424 good better
#7425 from by the
#7426 came arrived
#7427 morning morning's
#7428 profits profit
#7429 actual actually
#7430 each all
#7431 dynamic dynamics
#7432 engineer engineer's
#7433 takes make
#7434 24h 24 hours
#7435 with the in
#7436 1 2
#7437 i were I am
#7438 can’t am unable to
#7439 to you can
#7440 ups up
#7441 firms firm's
#7442 was would
#7443 8 pm 8pm
#7444 have haven't
#7445 making having
#7446 So my My
#7447 and thanks Thanks
#7448 notified notify
#7449 process progress
#7450 preferred prefer
#7451 follows follow
#7452 write writes
#7453 agency agencies
#7454 struggle struggled
#7455 on about the
#7456 by be
#7457 customize customized
#7458 have gone went
#7459 asked asking
#7460 permit permits
#7461 authors author
#7462 tubs tubes
#7463 an another
#7464 guest guests'
#7465 and will
#7466 pulls pulled
#7467 and with the
#7468 for forward to
#7469 covering cover
#7470 gonna are going to
#7471 that have with
#7472 appears appeared
#7473 can are
#7474 wait await
#7475 leading leads
#7476 Glad I'm glad
#7477 Trust I trust
#7478 difficulty difficult
#7479 8th 8
#7480 wih with
#7481 them selves themselves
#7482 club clubs
#7483 likes liked
#7484 you that you're
#7485 Urbantoons Urbantoons'
#7486 are I
#7487 archive achieve
#7488 would did
#7489 communication communicate
#7490 stair case staircase
#7491 prove proves
#7492 hand over handover
#7493 would might
#7494 and had
#7495 trying to try
#7496 funny fun
#7497 was working worked
#7498 usefull useful
#7499 How and how
#7500 Couldn't I couldn't

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