Things you learned in English class...

...that turned out to be bullshit in real life.

My teacher always told us that:

*Things don't happen at night, they happen by night
*You don't live a life, you lead a life

While you can lead a life by night, I've learned that most native English speakers (especially Americans) would live a life at night instead.

What other things not completely in touch with reality did you learn in your English/any other language classes?

>>15
Good point. That is one of the most hilarious things about English I've ever noticed. Another is the fact that you can take the pronunciation of letters from various words and put them together to make "ghotigh" sound like "fish".