- Usage of "marriage anniversary" in place of "wedding anniversary"
- Usage of "doubt" in place of "question"
- Usage of "have/had had"
- Confusion between usage of "there", "their" and "they're"
- Confusion between usage of "loose" and "lose"
- Usage of "cope up with" instead of "cope with"
- Usage of "my/your/our-self/selves" after resist.
- Usage of "take out" instead of "find/calculate"
- Usage of "How is [x] like?" instead of "What is [x] like?"
- Usage of "Many a times" instead of "many times/many a time/a lot of times"
- Usage of 'You need not to [do x]' instead of 'you need not [do x]' or 'you do not need to [do x]'
- Usage of "return back", "revert back", "reply back", etc. instead of "return" "revert", "reply", etc.
- Usage of "competition" after debate or quiz.
- Usage of plurals after "doesn't" such as 'doesn't fits', 'doesn't matters' instead of 'doesn't fit', 'doesn't matter'
- Addition of "about" like in 'Discussing about [x]' instead of 'discussing [x]'
- "Commonsensical" instead of "matter of common sense". Commonsensical is not a word.
- "Be rest assured" instead of "rest assured" or "be assured".
- Usage of additional "as" after "called" like in "This website is called as Quora"
- Usage of "but" along with "although"
- Usage of "if yes/not" instead of "if your answer is yes/no"
- Usage of "know more" instead of "find out more"
- Usage of standalone "basis" instead of "on the basis of" in a sentence.
- Usage of "equally as [adjective] as" instead of "as [adjective] as"
- Usage of "did" instead of "made" as in "I did a mistake"
- Usage of "me" right after "suggest/recommend"
- Usage of "off" instead of "of"
- Usage of a negative condition with "until/till"
- Using 'Myself [so-and-so]' in place of 'I'm [so-and-so]'.
- Usage of "I don't think so that.." instead of "I don't think that.."
- Usage of [verb in the past tense] after "didn't"
- Usage of 'More [comparative adjective that ends in -er]' instead of only [comparative adjective that ends in -er]
- Usage of plural form instead of singular form like alumni instead of alumnus.
- Usage of "was" with "if/wish"
- Usage of "Who" with a relative pronoun
- Usage of between instead of among.
- When using or, either, neither, nor the succeeding verb would follow the form nearest to it.
- Usage of two comparative terms together.
- Usage of suffixes with Roman numerals.
- Usage of "pass out/away" instead of "graduate". [Not always - Google]
- Usage of "see/look at/watch"
- Usage of goggles/shades/glasses-sp
ectacles. (Correct: "... a pair of goggles...") - Usage of "on the" instead of "on a".
- Usage of 'only' to emphasize actions.
- More better instead of "better" or even "better".
Source :https://www.quora.com/Grammar/What-are-the-most-common-English-language-and-grammatical-errors-made-by-people-from-India
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