Is Scarlet Johansson blond or blonde?

She is blonde, but her hair is blond!

Confused?

Blond is masculine and blonde feminine.

Nevertheless, She has blond hair is allowed since blond refers not to she but to hair.

in Chambers Guide to Grammar and Usage (1997: 141) adapted

Common Errors – Always

WRONG I have always the feeling that she enjoys teaching us
RIGHT I always have the feeling that she enjoys teaching us.


When there is no auxiliary verb, always is placed immediately before the main verb: She always arrives late.
However, when the main verb is be, always is placed immediately after it: He is always in a bad mood.
Otherwise always goes immediately after the (first) auxiliary verb: You should always take care when crossing the road.

Longman Dictionary of Common Errors (1987) adapted

Common Errors - Actual / Actually

Actual

WRONG We'd like to know more about the actual crisis, not the economic problems of the past.

RIGHT We’d like to know more about the present/current crisis, not the economic problems of the past.

Present/Current means “happening or existing now”.
Actual means real (as opposed to “guessed” or “supposed”) : People think he is over fifty but his actual age is forty-eight.


Actually

WRONG We need to produce and export more than we do actually.

RIGHT We need to produce and export more than we do at present. (=now)

Actually means “strange as it may seem” and “in fact”: People think we’ve got lots of money, but actually we’re very poor.

Longman Dictionary of Common Errors (1987) adapted