Top Mistakes in the Russian Language: A Survey by Zen and Gramota.ru
The survey was dedicated to Dictionary Day, which is celebrated in Russia on November 22, the birthday of Vladimir Dahl.
Here are the lexical errors that notice more often:
🔸 “signature” as “signature” (51%);
🔸 “to borrow” as “to borrow” (44%);
🔸 “a priori” as “default” (29%);
🔸 “authentic” as “original” (14%);
🔸 “test” instead of “try” (13%);
🔸 “congenial” instead of “brilliant” (12%);
🔸 “pretentious” in the meaning of “rich” (11%);
🔸 "odious" instead of "famous" (7%).
The respondents were most irritated by mistakes or poorly written language from bloggers (60%) and government officials (58%). Only a third of respondents were irritated by colleagues' mistakes, while only 12% were irritated by family and friends' mistakes.
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Which lexical errors bother you the most? Let us know in the comments!