100 Common Mistakes In English (36-40)

COMMON MISTAKES IN ENGLISH 

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❌ 36. "I have two womans" → ✅ "I have two women"

Penjelasan: Bentuk jamak dari woman bukanlah womans, melainkan women (perubahan vokal). Ini termasuk irregular plural — tidak sekadar tambah -s.

Contoh kalimat benar:

1. There are three women working in the research lab.
2. Both women received awards for their achievements.
3. The conference was attended by many women from different countries.

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❌ 37. "I have two childs" → ✅ "I have two children"

Penjelasan: Child berubah menjadi children, bukan childs. Ini juga irregular plural dengan perubahan akhiran -ren.

Contoh kalimat benar:

1. The teacher has twenty children in her class.
2. All children must be accompanied by an adult.
3. They have three children — two boys and one girl.

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❌ 38. "I have two mans" → ✅ "I have two men"

Penjelasan: Jamak dari man adalah men, bukan mans. Sama seperti woman → women, ini perubahan vokal (vowel change).

Contoh kalimat benar:

1. Two men were waiting outside the office.
2. Several men volunteered to help with the event.
3. The men in the photograph are my uncles.

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❌ 39. "I have two feets" → ✅ "I have two feet"

Penjelasan: Jamak dari foot adalah feet (perubahan vokal), bukan foots apalagi feets (redundan karena feet sudah jamak).

Contoh kalimat benar:

1. My feet hurt after walking for hours.
2. She measured the length of both feet before buying shoes.
3. The doctor examined his feet carefully.

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❌ 40. "I have two mouses" → ✅ "I have two mice"

Penjelasan: Jamak dari mouse (hewan) adalah mice, bukan mouses. Namun perlu dicatat: mouse (perangkat komputer) bisa menggunakan mouses atau mice — keduanya diterima. Tapi gambar ini merujuk pada mouse sebagai hewan.

Contoh kalimat benar:

1. The farmer caught three mice in the barn.
2. Mice are small rodents that can fit through tiny holes.
3. We saw two mice running across the kitchen floor.

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Ringkasan Cepat

Salah ❌	Benar ✅	Pola Perubahan
womans	women	woman → women (vowel change: a → e)
childs	children	child → children (suffix -ren)
mans	men	man → men (vowel change: a → e)
foots / feets	feet	foot → feet (vowel change: oo → ee)
mouses	mice	mouse → mice (vowel change: ou → i)

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Poin penting: Kelima kata benda ini adalah irregular plural nouns — bentuk jamaknya tidak mengikuti aturan umum tambah -s / -es. Perubahan terjadi pada vokal di dalam kata (woman → women, man → men, foot → feet, mouse → mice) atau dengan akhiran khusus (child → children). Cara terbaik menguasainya adalah dengan menghafal karena tidak ada pola tetap yang bisa diterapkan ke semua kata.