Some Incorrected Expressions And Their Corrected Versions

Incorrect Expression Correct Expression

1. Recall back Recall

2. Retreat back Retreat
3. Supposing if Supposing / If
4. Suppose if Suppose / If
5. Kindly requested Requested
6. Dear Sir / Ma’am Sir / Ma’am
7. Funeral service Funeral
8. Final conclusion Conclusion
9. Freeship Freestudentship
10. Lecturership Lectureship
11. Cousin brother/sister Cousin
12. Consensus opinion Consensus / collective opinion
13. Consort husband/wife Consort (husband or wife especially of a rule)
14. Recast back Recast
15. Rewrite back Rewrite
16. Passing marks Pass marks
17. Linking road Link road
18. Linking Language Link Language
19. Coward man Coward
20. Flee away Flee (run away)
21. And + who / which/ that Who / which/ that
(Relative pronoun) (Relative pronoun)
22. My family member A member of my family
23. All my family members All members of my family
24. With bag and baggage Bag and baggage (with all belongings)
25. Mutual friend Common friend
26. Mutual interest Common interest
27. Mutual agreement Agreement
28. Overturn Turn over
29. Proudy Proud
30. Word by word Word for word
31. Row after row Row upon row
32. Cut jokes Crack jokes
33. Fast enemies Sworn enemies
34. Cent percent Hundred percent
35. Teachers take examination. Teachers give examination.
36. Students give examination. Students take examination.
37. Misuse of power Abuse of power
38. Abuse of money Misuse of money
39. Put your sign Put your signature
40. Give a speech Make / deliver a speech
41. Own father Father
42. Speak a lie Tell a lie
43. Tell the truth Speak the truth
44. The ship drowned. The ship sank.
45. He sank in the river. He drowned in the river.
46. Mr Sinha is an English teacher Mr Sinha is a teacher of English
of this college. of this college.
47. Comparatively better Comparatively good
48. Sarika's hair are black. Sarika's hair is black.
49. Sarika's hair is completely black. Sarika's hair is jet black.
50. Absolute perfect Perfect
51. Do noise Make a noise
52. Blunder mistake Blunder
53. Inhuman murder Brutal murder
54. Reputed robber/criminal Notorious robber/criminal
55. Indulge in love Fall in love
56. Faith in God Believe in God
57. Right criminal Real criminal
58. Expelled from Job Suspended from job
59. Correct news True news
60. Hard fever High fever
61. Tough contest Close contest
62. Do mistake Commit mistake
63. Heat discussion Hot discussion
64. Religious crime Religious sin
65. See television Watch television
66. Great pain Severe pain
67. The all books All the books
68. Empty cheque Blank cheque
69. Her all books All her books
70. My both eyes Both my eyes
71. More preferable Preferable
72. Older brother Elder brother
73. A less salary A smaller salary
74. The three first chapters The first three chapters
75. The third and fourth chapter The third and the fourth chapter
76. These sort of people This sort of people / People of this sort
77. These kind of books This kind of books / Books of this kind
78. I eat vegetable I eat vegetables / I eat vegetable food
79. Fruits and vegetable Fruit and vegetables
80. This house is built of stones. This house is built of stone.
81. Keep one’s words Keep one’s word
82. Many mischiefs Many acts of mischief
83. The best of the two The better of the two
84. I spent all money I had. I spent all the money I had.
85. Many a men were Many a man was / Many men were
86. His arguments are as follow His arguments are as follows
87. I am, your's sincerely I am, yours sincerely
88. An urgent business An urgent piece of business
89. At what time do you sleep? At what time do you go to bed?
90. Two hundreds rupees Two hundred rupees
91. One and a half hours An hour and a half
92. A worth seeing building A building worth seeing
93. The house's roof The roof of the house
94. Leave of three days Three days' leave / Leave for three days.
 95. Yours affectionate son Your affectionate son
96. Your sincerely Yours sincerely
97. Cent per cent marks Full marks
98. Playing with cards Playing cards
99. Playing upon the harmonium Playing the harmonium
100.This fruit tastes bitterly This fruit tastes bitter
101.Write with pencil or with ink. Write in pencil or in ink.
102.Write in a pencil or in a pen. Write with a pencil or with a pen.
103.A team of rioters A mob of rioters
104.Stephen discovered the steam Stephen invented the steam
engine. engine.
105.Columbus invented America. Columbus discovered America.
106.Pick pocketer Pick pocket
107.Good name Name
108.Big blunder Blunder
109.Strong breeze Strong wind (Breeze is light and gentle)
110.Bad dream Nightmare
111.According to me In my opinion