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Common mistakes made by Greek students in English • Most mistakes are due to mother tongue interference. • Students tend to “translate” from their mother tongue, often forgetting that English is a different language with different rules and conventions. Common mistakes made by Greek students in English • Most common mistakes are as follows: – Prepositions after certain verbs, e.g. accuse somebody for doing something – Misuse of the infinitive, e.g. He is capable to succeed – Misuse of the gerund to express purpose, e.g. He went to Britain for learning English – Wrong use of simple and continuous tenses (especially the Present Continuous and the Present Simple used instead of the Present Perfect) Common mistakes made by Greek students in English – Wrong use of past tenses (especially in narratives) – Incorrect use of collocations and expressions, e.g. students take exams, they don’t give exams – Incorrect use of articles, especially the definite article – Incorrect word order (mainly adjectives) – Syntax errors (especially in long, complex sentences). Remember that the basic pattern in English is always Subject/ Verb/ Object