Stop Saying “Spark The Car”, Say This Instead

It is very wrong to say ‘spark the car’. Grammatically, it is not wrong. However, it seems to have no meaning with the object ‘car‘.

It is very wrong to say: The driver sparked the car when the rain began.

You can rather say: The driver started the engine when the rain began.

Here’s Why;

We start the engine of a vehicle or machine. We normally spark fire. So it would be better to say ‘spark the fire’.

Stop Saying “Spark The Car”, Say This Instead

Here are five other phrases most people get it wrong when using them.

1. First-come, first-serve
It should actually be “served.” Without the d, the phrase above suggests that the first individual who arrives will be the one who serves everyone, which is not the idiom’s intent.

2. I could care less

Think about this one for a minute. The way it’s written above suggests you possess care which still could be allocated to the situation in question. “I couldn’t care less” is correct because it communicates that “I have no more care to give

3. Irregardless

This is not a word. It’s simply “regardless,” as in “Regardless of what you think about grammar, you’ll look silly if you use it incorrectly.”

4. “I” as the last word in a sentence.

This mistake is remarkably common, yet a correct example would be “Rexbank talked with Asare and me.” The trick to getting this one straight is to take the other person’s name out of the sentence and see if your personal pronoun choice still sounds right. “Rexbank talked with I” is awkward and incorrect.

5. “Me” as the first word in a sentence.

I hear people saying things such as “Me and Rexbank met at the mall this morning” all the time, even though it’s always wrong. “Rexbank and I met at the mall this morning” is correct

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