Common Mistakes : Face

verb

.BAD: The house faces to a very busy road
.GOOD: The house faces a very busy road

.BAD: It faces to the Gulf of Mexico
.GOOD: It faces the Gulf of Mexico

: (face sb/sth (WITHOUT to
.The apartments facing the sea are more expensive
.They stood facing each other, but neither of them spoke

.BAD: We now face with a totally different situation
.GOOD: We now face a totally different situation
.GOOD: We are now faced with a totally different situation

: (face a fact, problem or situation (WITHOUT with/up
You’ll have to face the problem sooner or later
As a result of the drought, the people will face food shortages
If found guilty, he faces life imprisonment

: be faced with/by
.As a police officer, I’m often faced with the task of breaking bad news to relatives

noun

.BAD: I didn’t like the silly smile in his face
.GOOD: I didn’t like the silly smile on his face

.BAD: She always wears a lot of make-up in her face
.GOOD: She always wears a lot of make-up on her face

: (Someone has something on their face (NOT in
.You look like a ghost with all that powder on your face
.I could see from the look on her face that she wasn’t interested

.BAD: These problems are just two faces of the same coin
.GOOD: These problems are just two sides of the same coin

: (two sides of the same coin (= two ways of looking at the same situation
.Unemployment and social unrest are basically two sides of the same coin