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Common errors in English: Usage of Gather and Collect

 Gather and Collect


Incorrect: The girl is collecting flowers. 


Correct : The girl is gathering flowers.


Incorrect : Alan gathers stamps. 


Correct : Alan collects stamps.


Note: You can gather things which are irregularly distributed, or not clearly separated from one another. Collect is like gather but suggests that the things you gather are separate, or can be dealt with one at a time. It is used especially when you want to keep things together to form a collection.


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