Error Analysis Practice Exercise I

Instructions:
Use the following table to analyze Flor’s essay about her visit to the museum. You will find Flor’s essay on the next page.

1. Table 1.1: Linguistic Category Taxonomy Politzer and Ramirez

Language Sample Morphology Syntax Other
For graffiti
Missue preposition
Didn’t like
Disagreement of subject and tense
Paint
Omission of ing form correction painting
Saw
Attachment of the marker to development verb See
And
Omission of preposition and
The last Sunday
Unnecessary use the article the
November 26 of the year 2006
Unnecessary phrase
Museum of Puerto Rico
Omission the proper noun of art
I went to the with my family
Omission of the possessive pronoun My
The cost of the ticket Omission of the apostrophe ‘s Number substitution singulars for plurals tickets