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 4. Ago and before 

• Incorrect: His father died three years before. 

• Correct: His father died three years ago.

Ago is used to count back from the present. It is used with a past tense and a time expression. Before is used when you date back from any point of time which is made specific.

 • I saw him two years before I went to England. 

5. All and every 

• Incorrect: Every children need love. 

• Correct: Every child needs love. 

• Incorrect: All the light was out. 

• Correct: All the lights were out. 

Every is used with a singular noun. 

All is used with a plural noun. 

6. All right and alright 

The standard spelling is all right, but alright is more common although many people consider it incorrect. 

7. Already and all ready 

• Incorrect: We are already for the show. 

• Correct: We are all ready for the show. 

• Incorrect: They have all ready arrived. 

• Correct: They have already arrived. 

All ready means ‘all are ready’. 

Already means 'by now' or 'sooner than expected'. 

• The train had already left before we reached the station.

 • The patient had already died before the doctor arrived.