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Common Mistakes In English

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Common Mistakes In English Empty Common Mistakes In English

Tue May 03, 2011 6:04 pm


Aim at, not on or against

Don’t say: She aimed on (or against) the target
Say: She aimed at the target

Note: Use the preposition at to denote
direction: throw at, shout at, fire at, shoot at, shoot (without the at)
means to kill: He shot a bird (=he hit and killed it).


Angry with, not against.

Don’t say: The teacher angry against him
Say: The teacher was angry with him

Note 1: We get angry with a person but at a thing: He was angry at the weather (not: with the weather).

Note 2: Also annoyed with, vexed with, indignant with a person, but at a thing
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