Errores comunes al redactar tu TFG
Los estudiantes tienden a cometer los mismos errores una y otra vez cuando escriben su TFG en inglés. Revisa la lista atentamente para intentar evitar cometer los mismos errores cuando escribas un texto en inglés.
Tabla de contenidos
- Faltas de ortografía
- Errores frecuentes en el lenguaje
- Adjetivos
- Uso de mayúsculas
- Conjunciones y términos de vinculación
- Sustantivos / Frases con sustantivos
- Preposiciones / Frases con preposiciones
- Pronombres
- Puntuación de números
- Cuantificadores
- Términos utilizados en las citas
- Verbos / Phrasal Verbs
- Palabras que comúnmente se confunden
Faltas de ortografía
Aunque el corrector ortográfico localiza la mayoría de los errores que puedas haber hecho, no se puede confiar en él eternamente. A continuación, algunas de las palabras que se siguen escribiendo mal en muchos TFG en inglés:
| Incorrecto | Correcto |
|---|---|
| achieve | |
| benefit | |
| conscious | |
| definitely | |
| dependent | |
| dissatisfied | |
| existence | |
| focused | |
| heteroskedasticity | |
| homogenous | |
| immediate | |
| laboratory | |
| occasionally | |
| paid | |
| possess | |
| practically | |
| procedure | |
| publicly | |
| questionnaire | |
| respondent | |
| separate | |
| skedasticity | |
| skewness | |
| specifically | |
| succeed | |
| therefore | |
| undoubtedly | |
| unforeseen | |
| whether | |
| which |
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Errores frecuentes en el lenguaje
Es raro que los TFG en inglés que editamos no contengan ninguno de los siguientes errores. No cometerlos aportará a tu texto mucha calidad, pudiendo así presentar un escrito más pulido y correcto.
| Incorrecto | Correcto | ¿Por qué? |
|---|---|---|
| Research was conducted. | Research es un sustantivo incontable. | |
| Furthermore, the chance of bias is high. | Further no significa “in addition” (además); furthermore sí | |
| The number of variables may change. | Utiliza number para los sustantivos contables (p. ej., changes) y amount para los incontables (p. ej., air). | |
| An MRI, an HR directive | Una abreviatura que inicia con vocal lleva siempre el artículo “an”. | |
| The teenagers who | Utiliza who para personas y that para cosas. |
Otros errores comunes en inglés se detallan por categoría a continuación:
Adjetivos
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| Are similar | Although the two cases are similar, they are not identical. | |
| Political | Both economic and political factors were considered. | |
| So-called…, factor-based… | The so-called experts only conducted factor-based analyses. | |
| Especially | The authors were especially interested in inflation pressures. |
Uso de mayúsculas
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| Results of the interviews or Results of the Interviews | Additional information is presented in Table 9 (Results of the interviews). |
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Conjunciones y términos de vinculación
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| First | First, all participants were given a survey. | |
| However, … | However, most theorists disagree. | |
| Such as | Northern cities such as Oslo and Helsinki have long, dark winters. |
Sustantivos / Frases con sustantivos
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| Insights into | The results offer valuable insights into the problem. | |
| MNCs, PCs | Most MNCs purchase thousands of PCs annually. | |
| One criterion | Although many criteria were considered, one criterion stood out | |
| Research conclusions | Chapter 6 contains the research conclusions. | |
| Taxis, umbrellas | Taxis are often full of forgotten umbrellas. | |
| The child’s behavior, the parents’ attitude | Although the child’s behavior was aggressive, her parents’ attitude was very relaxed. | |
| Two analyses | Several analyses were conducted, but one analysis was most fruitful. | |
| Two hypotheses | This thesis proposes many hypotheses. |
Preposiciones / Frases con preposiciones
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| In addition to | In addition to building dams, the government also invested in roads. | |
| From…to… | The ages ranged from 18 to 24. | |
| In light of | The test was cancelled in light of the wind. | |
| By | The participants were grouped by height. | |
| To what extent | It is not known to what extent the subjects were being truthful. |
Pronombres
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| A person…his or her (or his/her) | A researcher should cite his or her sources. | |
| One… | If one reads the study, one may indeed be convinced |
Puntuación de números
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000.00 | The price was exactly $10,000.00. | |
| 1960s | Many styles of music emerged in the 1960s. |
Cuantificadores
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| A few, two/three, a handful of | A few controversial questions were also included. | |
| Many, much, several, a great deal of | Much time was spent on the test. |
Términos utilizados en las citas
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| Et al. | The mutation is thought to be widespread (Han et al., 1999) | |
| Et al. have | Omar et al. have asserted that the effect is temporary. |
Verbos / Phrasal Verbs
| Incorrecto | Correcto | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| Chose yesterday | The project manager chose her team before planning began. | |
| Divide into | This thesis is divided into seven sections. | |
| Led yesterday | Although the Liberals currently lead in the polls, the Conservatives led last week. | |
| Take a photo | The time was set to take photos at 20-second intervals. | |
| Sent yesterday | The email was sent to all employees. |
Palabras que comúnmente se confunden
| ¿Cuál usar? | Correcto | ¿Cuál es generalmente la diferencia? |
|---|---|---|
| Effect/affect | The effect was strong; the drug affected all members of the experimental group. | Effect = noun Affect = verb |
| Personnel/personal | The company’s personnel do not like to discuss their personal problems. | Personnel = noun Personal = adjective |
| Principal/principle | The principal author outlined the theories and principles that arose from the study. | Principal = adjective Principle = noun |
| Were/where | Where were you? | Were = verb Where = adjective |
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Carrasquilla, M. (2017, 08 marzo). Errores comunes al redactar tu TFG. Scribbr. Recuperado 9 de julio de 2025, de https://www.scribbr.es/ingles-academico/errores-comunes-al-redactar-tu-tfg-en-ingles/
