Recurrent errors at BA and MA defences

Grammar

-       The use of articles

-       Indirect questions

Expressions-constructions

x what (not how)  it looks like, the way to do it (not the way how to do it)

x as usual (no adverbial suffix)

x in his (her, my) opinion (not according to him (her, me…)

x one of the reasons, one of the chapters

x he distinguishes

x any (meaning no), sympathetic (meaning likeable)


PRONUNCIATION

Segmental: th voiced: the other x the udder

                     th voiceless: thousand, mythical

                     open ash: static, chapter, Germanic, classified, pragmatic

Liaison: in terms_ of_ importance, of_ other_ elements, impressive_ ac-
complishment, co’mmunicative_ goal

Misplaced stresses: ‘admirable, characte‘ristic, co’mmunicate, con‘sider, con’tinue, con‘tribute,
con‘vincing, hi‘storical, intelligi’bility, it‘self, par‘ticular, per ‘cent, persu‘asive,
phe‘nomenon, suc‘cessful

Mispronounced names: Grice, Trudgill, Deborah, Sarah, Noah, Likert

Mispronounced words: ambi’guity, to ‘analyse, a’nonymous, s/he ‘analyses, a’nalysis sg., a’nalyses
pl., basic, change, com‘pose, com’ponent, con‘sist, cri’terion, de‘cisive, de‘cision, de‘termine,
di’mension, di’ploma, e’xamine, focus, half, hy’pothesis sg., hy’potheses pl.,  insist,
le‘gitimate, novel, o‘ccur, o‘ccurrence, own, problem, ‘process, to ‘process, pro’cession,
psycho‘logical, their, they´re, theo‘retical, theore’tician, theorist, theory, thesis, theses,
u’nanimous.