English bloopers

English is considered one of the most difficult languages to learn. After all, you have to keep in mind all the exceptions, rules, irregular tenses and other oddities.

Many people make mistakes with irregular nouns, especially when changing them into plural form.

~ I bought new furnitures for the bedroom.

~ Please bring along the film equipments!

~ Display the datas in a graph.

~ Did you see the deers in the forest?

~ There were many pretty womans at the party!

~ What were the different criterias for joining?

~ I'm interested in misunderstood phenomenas.

The common problem linking these bloopers is using the incorrect plural form of the noun. All of them have 's' added on to the end when it is unnecessary. The correct version would be:

~ I bought new furniture for the bedroom. (Furniture is plural as well as singular.)
~ Please bring along the film equipment! (Equipment is plural as well as singular.)
~ Display the data in a graph. (Datum is singular; data is plural.)
~ Did you see the deer in the forest? (Deer is singular and plural.)
~ There were many pretty women at the party! (Woman is singular; women is plural.)
~ What were the different criteria for joining? (Criterion is singular; criteria is plural.)
~ I'm interested in misunderstood phenomena. (Phenomenon is singular; phenomena is plural.)

Few bloopers commonly heard ...

Blooper no 1:

~ Every Sunday, I take headbath.

The correct version should be:

~ Every Sunday, I wash my hair.

Blooper no 2:

~ I sended that parcel.

This is common mistake. English has many irregular verbs in the past tense. Sent is the past form of send.

~ I sent that parcel.

Blooper no 3:

~ I will call you today night.

Just dissecting the word, to-day, shows the origin. It means during the day. Therefore, you should use to-night.

~ I will call you tonight

Blooper no 4:

~ Can I have your name?
~ Can I go to the toilet?
~ Can I hold your hand?


This is one of the most common misuses of a word in the English language. Of course you *can* have someone's name, just as easily as you *can* go the toilet or hold someone's hand. Can means whether or not you are able to do it. May means whether or not you have permission to do it.

~ May I have your name?
~ May I go to the toilet?
~ May I hold your hand?

thanks for sharing... i expect many people have problems with these but i can't say that i ever did.... good effort on your part! 👏 👍🏼

Well, i don't cos i've spoken english my whole life as well as hindi and punjabi but i know what you mean 😊

I only did not kwn the plural of phenomenon...thanx..

lol..I agree with you..

well for some ppl they do have problems with English, Grammar, but to me those things were really easy..cuz all my life I have spoken English n also Gujarati but English is the main language in USA..you dont need guju here..

i never had problem speaking or writing..

Thanks for sharing

I know many people who have problem speaking english or may use the wrong tense as in past/ future one...😛

LOL, thankfully my grammar is good.. 😆

hey man dis is amazing...

Wow this is so amazings!