ERRORES COMUNES V

Hola a tod@s!!

En ésta entrada os dejo otra lista de errores comunes, espero que os ayude en algo.

1.-COURSE (IN)

• I´d like to do a course IN computer progframming. NO a course OF computer programming

2.-POSIBILITY (OF+ING)

• The posibility of making No The posibility to make

3.-REASON (FOR)

• The reason FOR No The reason of

4.-TRANSLATION (INTO)

• Translation INTO No translation IN English

5.-METHOD (OF+ING)

• The method OF collecting No The method to collect

6.-RISK (OF+IN)

• The risk OF getting a virus No The risk to get a virus

7.-AT y no IN

• I´m so bad at telling left from right
• What are you doing at the weekend?
• Come and sit at the table

8.-SUGGEST
No se dice suggest to, se dice:

• The company suggested taking an extra day off (Suggest doing something)
• The company suggested (that) we take an extra day off (Suggest that someone do something)
• I hope you can suggest a good hotel (Suggest something)

9.-DESTINO / DESTINY

Destino como meta se dice "DESTINATION", y no "Destiny" que se usa sólo como suerte, sino.

• You can´t fight destiny
• We arrived at our destination

10.-ODD/ODDS

Son palabras distintas, "Odd" significa extraño, raro..., mientras que "Odds" significa probabilidades, os dejo algunos ejemplos:

• It must be odd to live on the 43rd floor (Debe ser extraño vivir en el piso 43)
• I´ve got a whole drawer full of odd socks (Tengo un cajón lleno de calcetines sin pareja)
• 3, 5 and 7 are all odd numbers (3, 5 y 7 son números impares)
• She does the odd teaching job (odd job es un trabajo no permanente)

• What are the odds on him being re-elected? (Cuales son las probabilidades de que sea reelegido?)
• Against all the odds (Contra todo pronóstico)
• His version was at odds with the report. (Su versión era contraria al informe)
• It makes no odds to me (Me da igual)
• She paid over the odds for it (Ha pagado demasiado)