Analyse the following interlanguage productions by ESL/EFL learners.
Say what the problem is. Next, diagnose the error as an error of form, meaning or use in terms of Standard English (see interconnected dimensions of grammar figure).
1 *Allyson is a 13-years-old girl.
2 *I am boring in algebra class.
3 *A goal was wanted by the other team.
4 *There are a lot of mountains in the West; on the contrary, there are few in the Midwest.
5 Would you hand me that book? *Of course, I would.
6 *Although he had few close friends, he was very lonely.
7 *I will buy for my parents a house.![]()
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Say what the problem is. Next, diagnose the error as an error of form, meaning or use in terms of Standard English (see interconnected dimensions of grammar figure).
1 *Allyson is a 13-years-old girl.
2 *I am boring in algebra class.
3 *A goal was wanted by the other team.
4 *There are a lot of mountains in the West; on the contrary, there are few in the Midwest.
5 Would you hand me that book? *Of course, I would.
6 *Although he had few close friends, he was very lonely.
7 *I will buy for my parents a house.
