FILIPINISM

FILIPINISM

Most Common Filipino Grammatical Errors

(Note: some items are not really grammatical errors but word choice issues, to be exact.)

1. Please fill up the form. --> fill out the form, fill in the blanks
2. That's already taken cared of. --> taken care of; the past tense is already taken care of by "taken"
3. Your the best. --> You're (You are); not possessive in usage
4. Is that you're name? --> your (possessive)
5. I don't know what their thinking. --> they're; homonym/homophone use
6. I don't know what there thinking. It's they're choice anyway. --> they're, their; again, homonym use
7. Take last Sept 7, 2005, when you got this latest cell phone from this promo. --> There will never be Sept. 7, 2005 again.
8. Take last Sept 7, when you got this pinaka-latest cell phone from this promo. --> latest or pinakabago; double superlatives
9. Yun ang pinaka-da-best! It really felt like you were a masuwerteng lucky winner, di ba? --> again, double superlatives; redundancy
10. You are most/more unique! --> "Unique" means there is no other.
11. Rejoice, it's a free gift. --> A "gift" is assumed to be free or it is a paid good.
12. Its a free gift. --> It's; missing contraction
13. It's tail is wagging. --> Homophone use; mistaking possessives for non-possessive pronouns
14. Guess what? --> an imperative (You guess what.) declarative statement, not a question.
15. I prefer books rather than movies. --> Strictly speaking (or in old-fashioned English), should be "over" or "to."
16. I'm more interested in books rather than watching movies. --> "rather" unnecessary
17. Watch out for this new show on TV. --> "Watch" is enough. "Watch out" is altogether another idiom, meaning "take caution."
18. Majority of Filipinos say... --> My American editors in the past said there should be a preceding "a" or "the," depending on usage.

19. Thanks God, nakapasa ako sa bar! -->

20. His name is Mac and she is fond of singing. He has a sister who is fond of her. --> inconsistent gender out of carelessness

21. She have... We has... --> agreement error out of carelessness

22. The birthday celebrant (?) had lots of foods, cakes, coffees, apples, rices, ulams... --> double plurals

23. Anyone can have their own rule. --> disagreement/lack of agreement

24. Lets do this again. --> homonym use

25. He let's you know when his mad. --> homonym use and improper use of contraction

26. Inspite of the fact that... --> "in spite" (two words)

27. Despite of the fact that... --> "despite" doesn't need "of"

28. I live at Sampaloc, Manila. --> "in" is used to indicate that something is placed inside another or to refer to places in general

29. I live in #22, Sampaloc St., Manila. --> "at" is used to indicate specific places or directions

30. I live on Sampaloc, Manila. --> "on" indicates something is placed over another thing

31. Dispose the trash. --> "Dispose" needs an "of."

32. When I was born in 1970, there is a guy named... --> inconsistent tenses/tense shift out of carelessness

33. He is closed to meeting the deadline. The street was close to traffic. --> "closed" means "not open"; "close" means "near"

34. You maybe right. --> homonym use; "May be" is not the adverb "maybe"
35.. You can't do that anymore than you can't do this. --> "Any more" is different from the adverb "anymore."
36. I can't say anything with regards to that. --> should be "with regard"; otherwise, use "as regards" or "Give him my regard" or "Regards to your ____!"
37. This will result to the formation of… --> should be "result in"
38. The newly graduates wore… "new graduates"; an adverb can't be used to describe a noun