Typical German speaker mistakes in English (28)

I often hear these mistakes made by German speakers who are learning English.

They say:  She has always problems with English grammar.

The problem here is the word order.  With adverbs of frequency the verb comes after the adverb.

Correction:  She always has problems with English grammar.

Further examples:  She never has problems with English grammar.

She sometimes has problems with English grammar.

She often has problems with English grammar.

Of course in English there are often exceptions to the rule.  The exception here is the verb ‘to be’.  Here the verb comes before the adverb.  (See the example in the sentence above with ‘are often . . .’)

Further examples:  He is always late for meetings.

They are sometimes busy on Saturdays.

 

Have fun learning English!

Louise

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