If the following sentences were for sale, would you buy them?

If you decide that they are not worth buying, which mistakes did you spot?

1. It’s not my fault you overslept, you shouldn’t have gone to bed so late.

2. I begged her to accept some money, but she wouldn’t hear of it.

3. You can count on me means the same as you can rely on me.

4. Last night I dropped off while I was watching television.

5. We hadn’t bargained for the tunnel being closed, and we got in London late.

6. A lot of men from Switzerland have been called up to serve their country.

7. I don’t think that your hairstyle will catch on.

8. I’m sorry about tonights lesson but something has come up and I must go.

9. I couldn’t get over how well she looked at the party last night.

10. If the worst comes to the worst, we’ve got a few francs in the bank to fall back on.

11. The weather this summer really gets me up.

12. I fell for the clock from Neuchâtel as soon as I saw it.

13. I explained the grammar rule at least ten times, but I don’t think I was getting across.

14. This milk smells really good; it has probably gone off.

15. I am not sure but I have a feeling that something funny is going on.

16. When the Titanic sank there wasn’t enough life-jackets to go round.

17. I think we should hang on to our car until next year.

18. If you had really wanted to come, you could have left a couple of hours earlier.

19. Don’t have to refers to something that you must not do.

20. Must not refers to an absence of obligation.

The answers for this exercise will be in our NEWSLETTER in July.