CORRECTING COMMON ERRORS IN ENGLISH (A)

ABDOMEN (noun)
- the part of body that includes the stomach and the bowels

Wrong : He complained that his abdomen is painful.
Right   : He complained of a pain in his abdomen.


ABIDE (verb)
- endure, bear
- rest, remain, stay (at a place, with somebody)
- be faithful to, keep
- wait for (an event, somebody's coming)

Wrong : No matter what he does, you must abide with him.
Right   : No matter what he does, you must abide him.
Right   : It is all her own doing, so she will have to abide by the consequences.


ABILITY (noun)
- capacity or power (to perform acts, physical or mental)
- cleverness or intelligence

Wrong : He has the ability to predicting future events.
Right   : He has the ability of predicting future events.
Right   : His ability saved the team from defeat.


ABOMINATE (verb)
- detest, feel hatred or disgust for something or somebody

Wrong : I abominate to hearing people swear in public.
Right   : I abominate hearing people swear in public.
Right   : I abominate people who ill-treat animals.


ABOUND (verb)
- have or be found in great numbers or quantity

Wrong : Fish is abound in this lake.
Right   : Fish abound in this lake.
Right   : The forest abounds with wild animals.


ABSCOND (verb)
- go away (with something) suddenly, secretly and aware of having done wrong.

Wrong : He absconded our shares of the money.
Right   : He absconded with our shares of the money.


ABSENT (adjective, verb)
- not present
- stay, keep oneself, away

Wrong : He was absent in school last week.
Right   : He was absent from school last week.
Right   : He absented himself from the meeting without permission.


ABSOLUTELY (adverb)
- completely
- unconditionally

Wrong : He is right absolutely in refusing to do it.
Right   : He is absolutely right in refusing to do it.
Right   : He absolutely refused to discuss the matter any further.


ABSOLVE (verb)
- declare, set, free (from sin, guilty; from promise, duty)

Wrong : Having been absolved his guilt, he is now a free man again.
Right   : Having been absolved of his guilt, he is now a free man again.
Right   : She refused to absolve him from his promise of marriage.


ABSORB (verb)
- take up the attention (of someone)
- take in something (liquid, heat, light, knowledge)

Wrong : The book absorbed him completely that he did not hear the call.
Right   : The book absorbed him so completely that he did not hear me call.
Right   : I used a piece of blotting paper to absorb the spilt ink.