Common Mistakes : Aim
Aim – Verb
I
BAD: He was aiming a gun against me
GOOD: He was aiming a gun at me
BAD: These programmes are aimed to a very wide audience
GOOD: These programmes are aimed at a very wide audience
aim sth at sb/sth : ‘Each ball seemed to be aimed at my head.’ This new dictionary is aimed at intermediate learners of English
II
Aim – Noun
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BAD: Her lifelong aim was to learn to fly
GOOD: Her lifelong ambition was to learn to fly
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BAD: I started to learn English with the aim to become a teacher
GOOD: I started to learn English with the aim of becoming a teacher
with the aim of doing sth : I originally went out to the Far East with the aim of setting up my own import-export business