errors & mistakes in language

AmatoolahHello everybody, please i have a question concerning errors . could you plssibly tell me what is the difference between error, mistake , and fault . How can a teacher deal with these errors thank you in advance .

For me, 'error' and 'mistake' are interchangeable. 'Fault' is slightly different, usually used t

Philip

Amatoolah
Hello everybody, please i have a question concerning errors . could you plssibly tell me what is the difference between error, mistake , and fault . How can a teacher deal with these errors thank you in advance .

For me, 'error' and 'mistake' are interchangeable. 'Fau

One can find data reporting errors in a computer system, but they are not considered "mistakes".

But if I've married a guy in a rush and then regret it, I can say, "This is the biggest mistake of my life!"

My2senseThere is a distinction between error and mistake in linguistics. Simply said: A mistake i.e. a slip of the tongue can be self-corrected and an error cannot. An error is systematic i.e. likely to occur repeatedly and not recognized (known) by the learner.

put another way, if you subscribe to the competence-performance dichotomy, an e

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Philip

Amatoolah
Hello everybody, please i have a question concerning errors . could you plssibly tell me what is the difference between error, mistake , and fault . How can a teacher deal with these errors thank you in advance .

For me, 'error' and 'mi

PhilipI think of the beautiful Elizabethan language in the prayer "we have erred and strayed like lost sheep": does this mean that the errant sinner has no chance because he is likely to repeat his sins, even worse that he doesn't know what his sins are?

yes, i'll stake money on it, if you, Philip, can find me an elizabethan li

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PhilipI think of the beautiful Elizabethan language in the prayer "we have erred and strayed like lost sheep": does this mean that the errant sinner has no chance because he is likely to repeat his sins, even worse that he doesn't know what his sins are?

yes, i'll stake money on it, if you, Philip, can

For me, 'error' is made unconciesly and is corrected by the same person who has made the 'error'. error is in the level of performance.But 'mistake' is because of the lack of knowledge in that case.So, mistake is in the level of competence. Non of the above is intentional. 'Fault' is completely different from these two. It is because of being careless or doing something intentionally,in this case

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A mistake refers to a perfomance error that can either be a random guess or a slip of the tongue, in that is the failure to utilize the known system correctly.

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An error is the noticeable deviation from the adult grammar of a native speaker reflecting the interlanguage competence