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Error Detection and Correction
Anybody
who plans
to attend
the meeting
ought send
a short note
to the
chairperson.
who plans
to attend
ought send
to the
Correction: Ought to send. Ought to + [verb in simple form].
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
Our new office building
will be located
downtown
in the corner
of
Euclid Avenue
and
East Ninth Street.
will be located
in the corner
of
and
on the corner
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
His father
does not
approve of
him to go
to the banquet
without dressing
formally
.
does not
him to go
without dressing
formally
Correction: His going. Use a possessive adjective and gerund after a preposition.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
We thought our cameras were
the same
, but
his is
different
than
the one that I
bought
.
the same
his is
than
bought
Correction: From. The correct idiom is differentfrom.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
In spite
of the
tenants’ objections
, the apartment manager decided
to rise
the rent
by forty dollars
per month.
In spite
tenants’ objections
to rise
by forty dollars
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
Louise is
the more
capable
of the
three girls
who have
tried out for the part
in the play
.
the more
of the
who have
in the play
Correction: The most. Use the superlative with more than two.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
He isn’t
driving
to
the
convention
in March
, and
neither they are
.
driving
the
in March
neither they are
Correction: Neither are they or they aren’t either. See the rule for negative agreement.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
If Rudy
would have studied
German
in college
, he would not have found
the scientific
terminology
so difficult to understand
.
would have studied
in college
the scientific
so difficult to understand
Correction: Had studied, NEVER use would immediately after
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
No one in our office
wants
to drive to work any more
because of
there
are
always traffic jams
at rush hour
.
wants
because of
are
at rush hour
Correction: Because. Because + sentence.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
Us students
would rather not attend
night classes in the summer, but
we
often
have to
.
Us students
would rather not attend
we
have to
Correction: We. We students is the subject of the sentence.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
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