Microsoft Word Longman-Common Errors docx

You will find my address at the top of the letter. 
at the top/bottom
 
of
 a page or sheet of paper (NOT 
on
): ‘Please write your name clearly at the-
top of each page. 
Compare: ‘I eventually found the keys on top of the television.’ 
touch 
1 
People living in the city were not touched by the famine. 
People living in the city were not affected by the famine. 
When you mean ‘have an effect on’, use 
affect
(NOT 
touch
): ‘How will these new taxes affect 
people on low incomes?’ ‘Farms in the south of the country have been seriously affected by the 

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drought.’ 
 
2 
It’s good to go out to work because you get in touch with other people. 
It’s good to go out to work because you come into contact with other people. 
get in touch with
= communicate with (someone) by letter or telephone: Don’t wait until 
Christmas before you get in touch.’ ‘Mrs Taylor wants you to get in touch with her.’ 
come into contact with
 = meet: ‘In my profession I come into contact with a lot of teachers.’ 
touristic 
It is one of the most popular touristic resorts in Spain. 
It is one of the most popular tourist resorts in Spain. 
Touristic
and 
touristy
are used, especially in informal styles, to describe a place that is 
unpleasantly full of things for tourists to see and do: ‘He refuses to go there any more - it’s 
become too touristy.’ 
When you simply mean ‘visited or preferred by tourists’, use