False+Friends+&+Pet+Peeves

HOW does ... look? WHAT does ... look LIKE? Never mix the two question words! PCH

Mr or **Ms** (pronounced mzzz) to preserve ambiguity. Miss is only for unmarried women. Mrs is ONLY for married women. Hence Ms which is used for both! The problem arises because //Frau// is used ambiguously in German.

see (with your eyes) sea (as in ocean)

What **DOES** ......mean? not "what means ... ?"

change is to make something different, exchange trade one currency for another, e.g. Euro dollars into US dollars
 * change =/= exchange**

live music performed by living people in a living environment "Life is what happens when you are busy planning something else."
 * life=/=live**

Count and Uncount Nouns that present problems: information children**
 * homework