Half a/an
Incorrect: Aric drank half glass of milk.
Correct: Aric drank half a glass of milk.
Note: অনুরূপভাবে, half an hour, half a day, half a mile ব্যবহৃত হয়।
A half
Incorrect: I spent three hours and half there.
Correct: I spent three hours and a half there. / I spent three and a half hours there.
Incorrect: Sahil bought two kilos and half of rice.
Correct: Sahil bought two kilos and a half of rice. / Sahil bought two and a half kilos of rice.
A/One hundred, thousand etc.
Incorrect: Hundred years, make a century.
Correct: A hundred years make a century. / One hundred years make a century.
Possessives for comparison
Incorrect: Lisa’s dress is different from Lira.
Correct: Lisa’s dress is different from Lira’s.
Determiner+ singular countable noun
Incorrect: The student had no money to buy book.
Correct: The student had no money to buy a book.
Note: Singular countable noun-এর পূর্বে অবশ্যই Determiner বসবে। এরকম কিছু determiner হলো a, an, the, this, that, each, every, no প্রভৃতি।
Partitive+ uncountable noun
Incorrect: Afrin gave her an advice.
Correct: Afrin gave her a piece of advice.
Note: Uncountable noun-এর পূর্বে a, an, one প্রভৃতি বসে না; বরং partitive (a piece of, a pair of) বসে।
Be born
Incorrect: Luis born in 1988.
Correct: Luis was born in 1988.
Note: Born হলো bear verb-টির Past Participle form যা শুধু Passive voice-এ বসে আর তখন এর আগে অবশ্যই be verb বসে।
Make a noise (not make noise)
Incorrect: The children were making noise.
Correct: The children were making a noise.
Note: Noise countable, uncountable দুটোই হতে পারে। Countable হিসেবে এটি singular, plural হতে পারে। Singular হলে এর আগে অবশ্যই Article বসবে। যেমন: Don’t make a noise. Or There was so much noise in the concert.
Make as noise-এর মতো আরো কতকগুলো expression হলো: Make a mistake, make a fortune, make a will, make an impression, make an experiment, make an attempt.
The English (as a nation)
Incorrect: English will not pronounce this word like this.
Correct: The English will not pronounce this word like this.
Note: জাতির নামের পূর্বে অবশ্যই Definite article “the” বসবে।
The violin, the piano etc.
Incorrect: John is playing violin.
Correct: John is playing the violin.
Note: Musical instrument বাজানোর কথা বললে তার আগে the বসে। বাজানোর কথা উল্লেখ না থাকলে the বসে না। যেমন: Jimmy bought a piano and a violin.
Do (auxiliary) + do (main verb)
Incorrect: Do you your homework attentively?
Correct: Do you do your homework attentively?
Note: সঠিক বাক্যে প্রথম ‘do’ হলো auxiliary verb যার নিজস্ব কোনো অর্থ নেই এবং শুধু Question করার জন্য বসেছে। আর দ্বিতীয় do হলো Main verb যার অর্থ হলো সম্পাদন করা।
On + date
Incorrect: Jack was born the 7th of July.
Correct: Jack was born on the 7th of July.
Note: Time of action নির্দেশনাকারী Noun বা Noun phrase-এর আগে Preposition বসে। তবে Time of action নির্দেশকারী নিম্নোক্ত Expression-গুলোর আগে কোনো Preposition বসে না।
Alex went there last year.
We shall visit the place next year.
Sam will be a writer someday.
Riya can be here any day.
Please come this afternoon.
Introductory ‘there’+ verb
Incorrect: Once lived a great king.
Correct: Once there lived a great king.
Note: Subje-এর আগে verb আছে এ ধরনের বাক্যে subject-কে introduce করতে verb-এর আগে introductory there বসাতে হয়।
Know how to play (not know to play)
Incorrect: Rita knows to play the guitar.
Correct: Rita knows how to play the guitar.
Note: Know verb-টির পরে যদি কোনো infinitive বসানো হয় তাহলে তার আগে অবশ্যই adverb how বসবে।
Anybody/anything else
Incorrect: Abid is taller than anybody.
Correct: Abid is taller than anybody else.
Incorrect: This book is better than anything.
Correct: This book is better than anything else.
Note: একজন ব্যক্তি বা একটি বস্তুর সাথে সেই শ্রেণীর সব ব্যক্তি বা বস্তুর তুলনা বোঝাতে anybody বা anything-এর পর else বসে।
Only one/ones
Incorrect: This gown is the only that Shina likes.
Correct: This gown is the only one that Shina likes.
Incorrect: These are the only one that Mary likes.
Correct: These are the only ones that Mary likes.
Note: পূর্বোল্লিখিত Noun-কে নির্দেশ করতে only-এর পরে demonstrative pronoun ‘one’ (plural-এ ones) বসে।