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Common Mistakes In English

Aim at, not on or against

Don’t say: She aimed on (or against) the target
Say: She aimed at the target

Note: Use the preposition at to denote direction: throw at, shout at, fire at, shoot at, shoot (without the at) means to kill: He shot a bird (=he hit and killed it).

Angry with, not against.

Don’t say: The teacher angry against him
Say: The teacher was angry with him

Note 1: We get angry with a person but at a thing: He was angry at the weather (not: with the weather).

Note 2: Also annoyed with, vexed with,
indignant with a person, but at a thing.

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Anxious (=troubled) about, not for

Don’t say: They’re anxious for his health
Say: They’re anxious about his health

Note: Anxious meaning wishing very much takes for
Parents are anxious for their children’s success

Arrive at, not to
Don’t say: We arrived to the village at night
Say: We arrived at the village at night

Note: Use arrive in with countries and large cities
Mr. Smith has arrived in London or New York, India, etc


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