Errors
Error Type:
(e.g., reflexive verbs)
Incorrect sentence with
error underlined.
Corrected sentence with Why was correction
correction underlined.
needed?
e.g., Me lavo mis
manos.
e.g., Me lavo las
manos.
Direct objects of
reflexive verbs cannot
have a possessive
adjective.
Method for identifying and correcting these errors in future
e.g., identify all reflexive verbs, and make sure that direct objects do not
have a possessive adjective. If one occurs, read the sentence and replace
with el/la/los/las or un/una (as appropriate).