Common English Mistakes in Journal Entries by Ukrainian Speakers

This page focuses on errors typically made by native Ukrainian speakers from Ukraine when writing a Journal Entry in English.

Mistake Example #1

Using 'will' incorrectly in conditionals ('If it will rain, I will stay' instead of 'If it rains, I will stay')

Today was quite an eventful day. If it willrains tomorrow, I will not go to the park as I planned. Instead, I will stay home and read a book. I hope the weather will be nice, but if it willsno'tbe, I have plenty of things to do indoors.

Text corrected by:
Jennifer, Detroit, Michigan USA

"I fixed some issues with the verb tense. Good work overall!"

Today was quite an eventful day. If it rains tomorrow, I will not go to the park as I planned. Instead, I will stay home and read a book. I hope the weather will be nice, but if it isn't, I have plenty of things to do indoors.

Today was quite an eventful day. If it will rain tomorrow, I will not go to the park as I planned. Instead, I will stay home and read a book. I hope the weather will be nice, but if it will not be, I have plenty of things to do indoors.

Mistake Example #2

Confusion with word order ('Always I go to the store' instead of 'I always go to the store')

Today wasa very busy day. AI usualwalys I start my morning witha cup of coffee, but today I forgot. After breakfast, I wentto the parkI went for a walk. In the evening, my friend and I deconsideredto watching a movie, but lateit waslate, so we stayed home instead.

Text corrected by:
Camille, Maryland, USA

"I have addressed a few issues with word order, word choice, and missing articles."

Today was a very busy day. I usually start my morning with a cup of coffee, but today I forgot. After breakfast, I went to the park for a walk. In the evening, my friend and I considered watching a movie, but it was late, so we stayed home instead.

Today was very busy day. Always I start my morning with cup of coffee, but today I forgot. After breakfast, to the park I went for a walk. In the evening, my friend and I decided to watch movie, but late it was, so we stayed home instead.

Mistake Example #3

Skipping articles ('I bought car' instead of 'I bought a car')

Today wasa very interesting day. I went to themarket and bought anew book aboutthe history of Ukraine. WThe weather was nice, so I decided to take awalk inthe park. I meta friend there, and we talked about ourplans for summer. It wasa relaxing afternoon, and I felt happy to enjoy simple things.

Text corrected by:
Jennifer, Detroit, Michigan USA

"It just had a few missing articles, but no worries. I filled them in for you. :)"

Today was a very interesting day. I went to the market and bought a new book about the history of Ukraine. The weather was nice, so I decided to take a walk in the park. I met a friend there, and we talked about our plans for summer. It was a relaxing afternoon, and I felt happy to enjoy simple things.

Today was very interesting day. I went to market and bought new book about history of Ukraine. Weather was nice, so I decided to take walk in park. I met friend there, and we talked about plans for summer. It was relaxing afternoon, and I felt happy to enjoy simple things.