What is a lexical error?

What is a lexical error?

• A. Wrong word, wrong word form or wrong word combo
• B. Wrong punctuation
• C. Misspelled word only
• D. Incorrect capitalization

Answer: (A)

Lexical error means problems with the actual words you choose and how they’re formed or combined. It covers using the wrong word for the meaning, using the wrong form of a word (like mixing up a verb tense or an adjective form), or putting words together in a way that isn’t natural or correct for that context (collocation). These are about vocabulary choices, not how a sentence is punctuated, spelled, or capitalized. For example, saying “I have many advices” uses a wrong word form (advice is uncountable) and is not how we pack the idea into English; or saying “She can to swim” shows a word-form error. That’s why the best description includes wrong word, wrong word form, or wrong word combination.