This document provides tips for avoiding common mistakes in English, such as spelling errors like "untill" instead of "until" and capitalization errors like writing "i go to University." It also discusses punctuation errors and issues with articles, prepositions, and telling time. The key advice is to pay attention to small grammar and usage details because "silly errors send the message 'I don't care!'"

1. Common
mistakes

2. silly errors
!

3. spelling

4. than > then
untill > until
tipical > typical

5. use the spellcheck

6. capitalisation

7. i go to University

8. capitalised in English not capitalised in Italian
1st person singular I io
pronoun
national adjectives English, Italian inglese, italiano
days of the week Monday, Friday lunedì, venerdì
months March, June marzo, giugno

9. I spoke to a man.
I spoke to Andrea.

10. I go to university.
I spoke to a man.
I go to Roma Tre University.
I spoke to Andrea.

11. bad punctuation

12. when I come back ,I have
dinner
I finish lessons.I go back…

13. silly errors send the message

14. “I don‟t care!”

15. other small points

16. no article before meals

17. I have breakfast / lunch / dinner.
…a breakfast etc.

18. no „to‟ before „home‟

19. I go / come / drive home.
…to home.

20. „a‟ / „the‟ / „no article‟
before places

21. a restaurant
a museum
a party
I go to … the bar
the pub
the bank
the theatre
the cinema
generic „the‟

22. prison
school
church
hospital
university

23. My sister‟s a student. She
studies maths at university.
Her friend is an electrician. He‟s
working in the university this
week.

24. telling the time with
- am/pm
- o‟clock

25. o‟clock is only used on the hour
three o‟clock
half past three o‟clock

26. don‟t use am/pm with o‟clock
three pm
3.00 pm
three o‟clock
three pm o‟clock

27. you don‟t have to say am/pm if
the time is obvious
compare:
I get up at 8.30.
I get up at 8.30 pm

28. „usually‟ translating „uso fare‟

29. I usually get up early.
I use…
I used…
I‟m used…

30. infinitive of purpose

31. I go to the shop for some bread.
I go to the shop to buy some bread.
…for buy…
…for to buy…

32. prepositions following „go for‟

33. I go to a restaurant for a meal
I go for a meal at a restaurant
…meal to a…

34. I go for a drink in a pub
I go for a walk in the park
I go for a walk on the beach