1. 最常见错误：从句连接词缺失，最主要的是THERE BE句型：
There is a saying goes ... [应为There is a saying which goes ...]
There are many people think that... [应为There are many people who think that...或者直接说Many people think that...]
It's the major thing affects people's friendship. [少了一个that]
When we have difficulty, someone helps you right away is the real friend. [少了一个who]
2. NO MATTER / WHETHER错误，这是英语专业学生最容易犯的另一类错误：
Friendship is important for no matter rich people or poor people. [宜改为Friendship is possible, whether for rich people or for poor people. "no matter"后面必须接一个小句（主语、谓语完整）]
3. C语类重复。所谓C语类是个句法用语，用于引导一个完整的小句，起标志作用，如that/whether等等：
People are not sure that whether... [that一词多余]
4. LACK / LACKING
似乎受汉语语感的影响，多数英语学生似乎认为lack是形容词，所以时常说is lack of...
5. 逻辑域错误。这个应该不难判断，但还是经常出错：
If people become friends, both of them won't care about money... [可改为neither of them care about money...]
其他：
语义重复
In my opinion, I agree with the view that... [agree一词本身就表示说话人的观点，可将In my opinion去掉，或把后面的一半改为the view that... is right]
share many common interests [common与share属同义反复，可改为have many common interests或share many interests]
论断过于绝对，缺乏足够思考
A person with good finance will not understand why his poor friend gets on a sardine-jam like bus and always choose to dine at some poor-condition restaurant at the roadsides... [相信富人也不至于笨到这个程度]
句义严重反复，缺乏变化
Some people believe that financial disparity affects friendship. Some believe that financial disparity doesn't affect friendship. For my part, I agree with the latter, because financial disparity doesn't affect friendship. [不必多说了]
连词错误
It is not difficult to imagine if those rich people have some poor friends with common interests. [if一词显然应该是that，不过更通顺的说法应该是It is not difficult to imagine rich people having some poor friends with similar interests.]
不会使用照应语
We won't ask people whether they have much money or not when making friends with other people. [people和other people显然应该是同指关系，后面的other people应改为them才对]
作文是对语言的综合运用，可以集中体现出学习者的基本功和思维能力；语感非常重要，不过要形成好的语感还需要长期的反复训练。过去指导英语专业大四学生毕业论文，每届都发现有不少已经过了TEM8的英语专业学生的语言能力有明显缺陷。写作能力必须建立在大量阅读、用心感受和无数次练习的基础上，对此曾对学生反复讲过多次，不过由于无法立竿见影，多数学生不能很好地坚持，很是遗憾。
