1 I have loads of things to do. I'm load of things to do E-mail 4.
2 I spent my birthday at my friends I passed my birthday at my friends E-mail 10.
3 I'll be 18 years old I'll have 18 years old E-mail 10.
4 Sorry I didn't reply to you quickly Sorry I didn't reply you soon E-mail 6.
5 They are showing Beverly hills again They are giving the replica of Beverly hills. E-mail 6.
6 School that has just begun School that is just begun E-mail.
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( ) Indicate the infinitive of the verb; this is to help me when using my French knowledge. .
The numbers down the side correspond to the analysis of each mistake that I am about to try and explain. In each case, I will give only possible explanations they may no be what the write was definitely wanting to write. .
1. Target Utterance - I have loads of things to do.
What she wrote - I'm load of work to do.
Throughout all the e-mails, Francesca continually used the verb to be instead of to have and vica versa. However, in this case it is unexplainable why she has done it. As the direct translation from French would use I have' as it is J'ai beaucoup de . So, I cannot understand why she has use 'I am'.
2. Target Utterance - I spent my birthday at my friends.
What she wrote - I passed my birthday at my friends.
Now, this is a direct translation. J'ai passé would be translated correctly as I spent because it is in the past tense. However, the dictionary states that under passer' that it could mean to pass in the infinitive, this mistake would be classed as miss-use of the dictionary because if you continue to read on further you will find the details of time' and in English, you spent time not passed time, especially in this context. As there are two different translations of the French verb passer', it is a case of divergence as one word has two different meaning in English. An example of when the French have more meanings than the English is the'. In French the' has three different words and three different meanings; le, for masculine singular nouns, la for feminine singular nouns and les for plural nouns.
