Some Problems and Common Mistakes in Foreign Language, and their Solutions

Abstract

This article has been designed to meet the requirements of students whose mother tongue is not English.Itsmain purpose common mistakes to which foreign learners of English are liable.The mothod adopted throughout this workis uniform.All the errors dealt with are singled out, for they have to be recognized before they can be corrected:then correct forms are substituted for incorrect ones;finally simple explanations are given wherever necessary to justify particular usages.Exercises are set at the end to ensure that the principles may become firmly fixed in the students minds.It is not claimed that this manual is exhaustive.Nevertheless,the difficulties tackled are real and the examples are representative of the mistakes commonly made by foreign students of English,being the result of observations made over a long period time.