Some Common Mistakes We Make!!

1) "The fire caused many damages" [wrong]
->Damage refers to harm caused to something.Thus "Fire in a forest causes damage to the forest".
Damages on the other hand,describes money paid/claimed as a compensation for damage,loss or injury.
One way to emember the difference is :
Damage is bad,Damages not always so.If there's a lot of damage and u wanna emphasize , one shud say "Fire caused severe damage(not damages)"

2)Duplex[dyoo-play] apartment [wrong]
->People mistke it for dyoo-play without pronouncing the x as they think its of french origin.But it isn't.Its coined in America.Hence,Dyoo-PleX....

3)Pears[peirs] [wrong]
->But the right way is Pairz.

4)Dias[wrong]
->u must have heard on more than one occasion,"My hearty welcome to the guests on the dias". By dias they mean the raised platforms from which speeches are made.
And surprisingly, this word dias does not exist in the dictionary.cause its "Dais".

5)Advance Courses[wrong]
->You must have heard,"She's taking an advance course in computers."
"Sure advance means progress" but if you mean a course that takes you to a higher level of learning, you should say Advanced course.

6)Momento[wrong]
->Do you find anything wrong about this?
Memento is mispronounced and misspelt as momento.A Memento reminds you of a person,thing or a lace ,not just for the moment but for always.It has to do with MEMory and not with MOMent!