Avoid Embarassment:Stop Saying "I Want To Charge My Phone" It Is Wrong, See The Right Thing To Say

1. Kim as well as his friends are coming here tomorrow. [ wrong]


Kim as well as his friends is coming here tomorrow. [ right ]

Reason : If two nouns [ Kim and his friends ] are joined by ' as well as ' , the verb in he sentence should agree with the First noun [ Kim] . So use '' is coming ''.

2. She has been studying her lessons very hard. [ wrong]

She has been studying very hard. [ right ]

Reason : If you are talking about some work given by a teacher , use '' study '' , '' do homework '' or '' do exercise '' but not '' lessons.''

3.I got off my car to meet my friends. [ wrong ]

I got out of my car to meet my friends. [ right]

Reason : Use '' get / got off '' with vehicles bus , train , plane , boat , ship , cycle .

Use '' get out of / got out of '' with vehicles car , taxi , lift , elevator . [ In some countries '' get out of / got out of '' are used with ' train ' and ' boat ' also.

4. Especially young children need a lot of attention. [ wrong ]

Young children especially need a lot of attention. [ right ]

Reason : ' Especially ' is an adverb. It is not used at the beginning of a sentence. It is used after the subject in a sentence.

5. The sun shines here everyday. [ wrong ]

The sun shines here every day. [ right ]

Reason : If we use ' everyday ' as a single word , it means ' an ordinary way ' ' not special ' and ' not unusual '.

Ex: Sometimes even everyday objects look special.

But , if we use ' every day ' as two words , they mean ' each day '.

Example : Every day I try to learn five new English words.

6. I want to charge my phone. [ wrong ]

I want to charge up my phone [ right ]

Reason: Charge means to put electricity into an electrical device such as a battery:

She drove the car round the block to charge up its batteries. You charge something up because it increases the charge available on it.