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Peer reviewedMiller, Linda Joy – TESOL Journal, 1996
Argues that grammatical errors in English-as-a-Second-Language learning are interpretive conflicts that involve meaning as well as form. Noun number errors, or the incorrect use of the plural "-s," are used to illustrate that errors result from two different noun number conceptions: the optional, free-floating -s and the ever present, two-member…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), English (Second Language), Error Correction, Feedback
