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Grammar and Linguistics > make mistakes- in or on or whatever?
make mistakes- in or on or whatever?
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ironik
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make mistakes- in or on or whatever?
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Hi friends, Hope you �re enjoying your weekend! Today is my birthday but I �m struggling with an assignment on students � error correction right now :(
So, I wrote this sentence:
"Student B made mistakes about the punctuation of linkers "and" and "but"."
My tutor said "about" is wrong here. Which preposition should I use? As I looked up the online dictionaries, I got more confused because we can use about, in and on; but for different functions. Which one should I use here? Thanks! |
15 Dec 2012
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cunliffe
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You would use �with, � but you needn �t say �punctuation. � Just �Student B made mistakes with the linkers ( I would connectives) �and �and �but � �
Student B made mistakes with the connectives �and � and �but �.
I think, if you are specifying �and � and �but �, you need �the �. |
15 Dec 2012
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Apodo
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Student B made mistakes in the use of �and � and �but �. Student B made mistakes when using the linkers �and � and �but �. Student B had trouble with the correct use of linking words such as �and � and �but �. Student B doesn �t know enough about the use of linkers. Punctuation errors would refer to such things as commas, full stops and the use of capital letters. |
15 Dec 2012
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cunliffe
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I agree with Apodo - �when using � is much more natural. |
15 Dec 2012
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ironik
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yes, I also think "when using" fits perfectly here. Cunliffe and Apodo, thanks for the other suggestions as well, I �m really bad at academic english and I will definitely use the other wordings in my essay, too :) Actually the mistake was starting the sentence with "and" and "but", that �s why I said punctuation. He has to correct it by erasing the full stop and putting a comma. So, can we say,
Student B made punctuation mistakes when using the linkers �and � and �but �. |
15 Dec 2012
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