In a previous post, I analyzed why I keep making the same grammar mistake over and over again. My mistake occurs when I say or write a sentence that has a direct object. Recently, I was talking in a conversation group about a bear I had seen. I said, <<Γενικά, οι αρκούδες φοβούνται οι άνθρωποι>>, I should have said, <<Γενικά, οι αρκούδες φοβούνται τους ανθρώπους>>. I frequently forget the change that is needed in the direct object, for example from <<οι άνθρωποι>> to <<τους ανθρώπους>>.
I came to the conclusion that my mistake has the following causes:
-I rush when trying to speak
-Maybe I don’t understand the grammar
-The mistake is fossilized or “stuck”
My plan to fix the mistake has 3 steps:
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