Be Language Confident! Get Rid of These Common Grammatical Errors Now!

Doesn’t it appear strange how we Indians are so obsessed with English despite having so many native languages? More surprising is the fact that we are the second-largest English speaking country in the world though we have 22 officially recognized languages.

We might have been successful in driving out the Britishers but their culture has surely stayed behind. However, as English is not our native language, we do tend to make some serious bloopers. Don’t worry, none of us is Mr. Perfect.

From mispronouncing the words to using the wrong form of tenses, we all make a few mistakes unknowingly. While to err is human, but to keep doing that? Not so much. So, we need to brush up a few common rules so that we don’t get embarrassed the next time some grammar nazi points out our mistake.

Grammar Nazis? The ones who can find a grammatical error in every sentence and won’t shy away from pointing it out. Fret not folks, we aren’t grammar nazis but we can save you from them and the embarrassment. 

Let’s get a sneak peek of some English-Vinglish tips.​

1. Let not people be affected by the effects of your English.

2. Learn to do what a grammar nazi does.

3. Isn’t English funny when even ‘then’ has more than one meaning?

4. Are we allotting you a lot of words to learn today?

5. Tell the nazis to hold their place. We’ll soon be there.

6. Though words matter, thought is equally important.

7. Don’t let your mind get loose. We cannot afford to lose to the nazis.

8. Look, they are peeking down from that peak.

9. We’ll go to the other hill and defeat them too.

10. We have many words to learn but not much time.

We hope you have understood by now what kind of mistakes we generally tend to make. So remember these differences and also learn some more so that no one is able to point out your mistakes next time.​