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Common English mistakes or English common mistakes ?

What is the correct order ?
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It's common English mistakes. With me, however, mistakes are uncommon.

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You might want something more descriptive, like mistakes commonly made by ESL learners. Of course, that's somewhat longer than the other one.

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I'm with Ron.
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Common English mistakes or English common mistakes ?

What is the correct order ?
common, English errors.

common English errors. (Could mean, English is common; it's the language that's common.)

By they way, technically, they are errors, not mistakes.

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It's common English mistakes. With me, however, mistakes are uncommon.
What is "With me, mistakes are uncommon?" I seldom make mistakes?

Thanks.

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It's common English mistakes. With me, however, mistakes are uncommon.
What is "With me, mistakes are uncommon?" I seldom make mistakes?

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That's right.

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