Mistakes regarding english

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One of the reasons to write this wiki is to practice english. I'm keeping in here a list of common doubts and mistakes that very often I make or have.

Grammar

In / At / On the plane?. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_coordinate_system Seems to be "in the plane"

You look at the Cartesian plane

"Because of" vs "Due to" https://web.ku.edu/~edit/because.html

The function is going to zero because of ...

The function's behaviour is due to ...

Into / In something

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/in-into https://www.grammarly.com/blog/into-vs-in-to/ https://www.thoughtco.com/in-and-into-1692749

Level surface vs. Surface level

The inverted order of the words is caused by the translation from another language to english.

On to / Onto

https://www.grammarbook.com/blog/definitions/on-to-vs-onto/

Do / Does

I've lost count of how many times I confuse the two. Even english speakers confuse it all the time!

http://www.differencebetween.net/language/grammar-language/difference-between-do-and-does-2/ https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/do-or-does

Larger / Greater / Bigger / Higher / Wider

According to wikipedia, a square is larger than another.

Would have

https://ludwig.guru/s/that+would+have+otherwise+been