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After being
indicted
for
his part in a bank robbery,
the reputed
mobster decided
find
another attorney.
After being
for
the reputed
find
After verbs like “decided,” we use “to” before the base form of another verb (infinitive). So “decided to find” is grammatically correct.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
My book is different
than
yours because mine
has a vocabulary section
at the
bottom of each page, and
yours has one
in the back.
than
yours because mine
at the
yours has one
Correction: From. The correct idiom is different from.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
There are
ten
childs
playing in the yard near her house, but
your child
is not
among them
.
There are
childs
your child
among them
Correction: Children. The plural of child is children.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
George
has not
completed
the assignment
yet
, and Maria
hasn’t neither
.
has not
the assignment
yet
hasn’t neither
Correction: Hasn’t either. Subject + auxiliary negative either.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
These
televisions are
all too expensive
for
we to buy
at
this time
, but perhaps we will return later.
These
all too expensive
we to buy
this time
Correction: Us. It is the object of the preposition for.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
Mary
usually arrives
at the office
at nine o’clock, but
because
the storm, she was two hours
late
.
usually arrives
at the office
because
late
Correction: Because of. Because of 4- noun phrase.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
The bolder
the matador’s
display
in the arena
became,
louder
the audience expressed
its
approval of his presentation
the matador’s
in the arena
louder
its
Correction: The louder. This is a double comparative “the bolder the . . . display, the louder… its approval”.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
At the rate the clerks were
processing
the applications, Harry figured that it
will take
four hours for
his
to be reviewed
.
processing
will take
his
to be reviewed
Correction: Would take. The correct sequence of tenses is were would take.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
Our new television
came
with a
ninety-days warranty
on all
electrical
components
.
came
ninety-days warranty
on all
components
Correction: Ninety-day warranty. Ninety-day is functioning as an adjective of the noun warranty.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
After she
had bought
himself
a new automobile,
she sold
her
bicycle.
had bought
himself
she sold
her
Correction: Herself. The subject is she; the reflexive pronoun must agree with the subject
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
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