Saturday 21 August 2010

English error: The use of ABOVE and OVER

English error: The use of ABOVE and OVER

We often use both the word ABOVE and OVER.
And many of us think that both words are exactly same. Actually that’s not true.
Though they mean almost same meaning, they have bit different is use. Those are
given below.

ABOVE and OVER:

  • ABOVE and OVER can both mean “higher than”
    ABOVE is more common with this meaning.
            Here are two examples.
            Ex: The water came up above/over our knees.
            Ex: Can you see the helicopter above/over the
place?

  • ABOVE use to mean “not directly over”.
We use above when one thing is not
directly over another.
Ex: John has got a nice house
above the lake. (Not over the lake)

  • We use OVER when one things covers or touch another.
      Ex: there is cloud over the
south of Pakistan.
            Ex: He put on a coat over his pyjamas

  • We also use OVER when one things crosses another.
Ex: The plane was flying over
England


In books and paper we use above
to mean written before. As an example ‘The above rules apply to all’

And we use over to mean next
page. As an example “There are cheap flights at weekend: see over”.

I hope all of you have got an
idea how to use OVER and ABOVE. Thanks

Friday 20 August 2010

English error: The use of ABOUT and ON

English error: The use of ABOUT and ON
If English is your second language then you might find it difficult to overcome all kinds of grammatical error. So I have started this blog to help you to overcome some common English grammatical error.

Today I am going to discuss the terms ABOUT and ON…..There are some common mistake between this two. So let’s see the use.


ABOUT and ON:

Compare:
  • About: a book for children about Africa and its peoples
         On: a textbook on African history

  • About: a conversation about money
         On: a lecture on economics

Have you checked above examples? We use ABOUT to talk about ordinary, more general kinds of communication. And we use ON to suggest a book, talk etc that’s more serious, suitable for specialists
So I hope you have enjoyed this little post. Just try to memorize it. Thanks.