Common English Mistakes in Prescription Guides by Slovak Speakers

This page focuses on errors typically made by native Slovak speakers from Slovakia when writing a Prescription Guide in English.

Mistake Example #1

Omitting 'it' as a subject in dummy subject sentences ('Is raining' instead of 'It is raining')

Take one tablet twice a day with water. It is important tonotto skip doses forthe medicine to work effectively. Ifyou experience any side effects, contact yourdoctor immediately.

Text corrected by:
Gregg, Los Angeles, CA

"This needed some tweaking to replace missing sentence subjects."

Take one tablet twice a day with water. It is important not to skip doses for the medicine to work effectively. If you experience any side effects, contact your doctor immediately.

Take one tablet twice a day with water. Is important to not skip doses for medicine to work effectively. If experience any side effects, contact doctor immediately.

Mistake Example #2

Struggles with perfect tenses ('I am here since three years')

Take one tablet of this medication with waterevery morningwith water. Iam prescribinge this to patients who harve havingd high blood pressure sincefor many years. If you experience any side effects, please contact your doctor immediately.

Text corrected by:
Gregg, Los Angeles, CA

"This needed some corrections for proper usage of present tense, and other fixes."

Take one tablet of this medication with water every morning. I prescribe this to patients who have had high blood pressure for many years. If you experience any side effects, please contact your doctor immediately.

Take one tablet of this medication every morning with water. I am prescribing this to patients who are having high blood pressure since many years. If you experience any side effects, please contact your doctor immediately.

Mistake Example #3

Incorrect placement of adjectives ('The car red' instead of 'The red car')

Take one bluetabletblue with water every morning before breakfast. If you experience unusualside effectsunusual, contact yourdoctor your immediately. Store themedicine thein aplace cool and dryplace, away from thereachof children.

Text corrected by:
Vince, United States

"Just a few small changes were needed to put words in the right order. Well done! "

Take one blue tablet with water every morning before breakfast. If you experience unusual side effects, contact your doctor immediately. Store the medicine in a cool and dry place, away from the reach of children.

Take one tablet blue with water every morning before breakfast. If you experience side effects unusual, contact doctor your immediately. Store medicine the in a place cool and dry, away from reach children.