Common mistakes in English

Over the last few years, we have corrected millions of words in the texts we have processed. Here, we present a list of common mistakes that we have found. The list is sorted according to the frequency with which we corrected the phrase. Not all corrections are present due to privacy concerns.

Position Before After
#401 he the
#402 your you’re
#403 mean means
#404 his their
#405 way ways
#406 anytime any time
#407 that when
#408 look looked
#409 its it
#410 include includes
#411 because as
#412 plan plans
#413 in by
#414 sometime sometimes
#415 we we're
#416 1st first
#417 was had been
#418 resource resources
#419 by in
#420 as and
#421 stop stopped
#422 open opened
#423 requirement requirements
#424 find found
#425 and this This
#426 came come
#427 interest interests
#428 friend friends
#429 he’s his
#430 about on
#431 double check double-check
#432 there’s there are
#433 and he He
#434 is as
#435 share shared
#436 close closed
#437 00pm 00 pm
#438 Thanks Thank
#439 off of
#440 and then
#441 build built
#442 am looking look
#443 have been were
#444 organization organizations
#445 situation situations
#446 those these
#447 choose chose
#448 how what
#449 with about
#450 is in

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