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