Leaving out a needed word, as in "We wait the bus", is classed by form as
AOmissive error
BAdditive error
CSubstitutive error
DWord-order error
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Omissive error
1. The needed word "for" is missing.
2. Errors by form are omissive, additive, substitutive or word order.
3. A missing item makes it omissive.
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