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Back to Laugh and
Learn English
Back to Learn English from Mistakes
"She who laughs last,
laughs best!"
"Laughter is the
best medicine."
"Laugh and the world laughs with you, trip over a big bag of garbage and fall on the sidewalk breaking a bone or two and you fall alone!"
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Learner's Mistake Five
Falling or Travelling?
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From a student's writing:
"Once I tripped all the way to Hawaii."
Explanation: The English word "trip" has two meanings. The writer here should use it as a
noun and write "I took a trip" or "I went on a trip". As a verb, "trip" means to fall! (Usually because something gets in the way of
a person's feet or legs.) So, did this student "fall" all the way to Hawaii? I don't think so! (^_^)
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