INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVE

 Teachers of English in Nigeria have to devote much time to eradicate certain constantly recurring mistakes committed by their students. The reasons being:

• The students are in the habit of thinking in their mother tongue and when they have to express themselves in English, they resort to a literal translation.

• The students neglect the rules of grammar.

This section seeks to discuss the common mistakes a student commits while using English. After studying this section, the students should be able to write grammatically correct sentences.

Spotting Common Errors in English requires as awareness of the basic rules of grammar – parts of speech, noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, etc. Mastery of these rules is very important for writing effectively, and leads to greater clarity, accuracy and style in writing.