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Common Errors with Adjectives
Incorrect: Every one knows this.
Correct: Everyone knows this.
Explanation
Everyone should be written as one word.
Incorrect: He held the bag in the both hands.
Correct: He held the bag in both hands.
Correct: He held the bag in both his hands.
Explanation
We do not use the before both.
Incorrect: Everybody should do some or other work.
Correct: Everybody should do some work or other.
Incorrect: Iron is more useful than any other metals.
Correct: Iron is more useful than any other metal.
Incorrect: Winston Churchill is greater than any other British politicians.
Correct: Winston Churchill is greater than any other British politician.
Explanation
In these comparative sentences we should use a singular noun after any other.
Incorrect: He came a 3rd time.
Correct: He came a third time.
Incorrect: He is in class eighth.
Correct: He is in class eight.
Correct: He is in the eighth class.
Incorrect: He opened the book at six page.
Correct: He opened the book at page six.
Incorrect: This is a portrait of King George the sixth.