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Error Detection and Correction
After Allan
had searched
for
twenty minutes, he realized that his jacket had been
laying
on the table
the entire time
.
had searched
for
laying
the entire time
Correction: Lying. There is no complement in this sentence
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
Despite of
a language barrier,
humans
have managed to communicate
with others
through sign language,
in which
certain motions stand for letters, words, or ideas.
Despite of
humans
with others
in which
Correction: Despite or in spite of.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
The professor
is
thinking
to go
to the conference
on aerodynamics
next month
.
is
to go
on aerodynamics
next month
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
Although Mark
has been cooking
for many years, he
still
doesn’t
know
to prepare French foods
in the traditional manner
.
has been cooking
still
know
in the traditional manner
Correction: Know how. Know how + [verb in infinitive].
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
There’s
a
new
Oriental restaurant
in town
,
isn’t it
?
a
new
in town
isn’t it
Correction: Isn’t there. When there appears in the subject position of a sentence, it is also used in the tag question.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
Rita enjoyed
to be
able to meet
several
members of Congress fhirina
her vacation
.
John does so
to be
able to meet
several
Correction: Being. Enjoy + gerund.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
After Rashid
had returned
to his house
,
he was
reading
a book.
had returned
to his house
he was
reading
Correction: Read. Use the simple past with the past perfect.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
Paul did
so
well in his speech today
that
he
should have rehearsed
it many times
this past week
.
so
that
should have rehearsed
this past week
shouldbe must have rehearsed. This is a logical conclusion in Ihc past meaning “probably rehearsed”.
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
As a result
of his inconsistency
in represent
his constituents, the senator was not
reelected
to the state legislature
.
As a result
in represent
reelected
to the state legislature
in representing
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
Error Detection and Correction
The teachers and the administrators are having
such difficult
time
agreeing
on a contract for
the forthcoming year
that the teachers
may go on strike
.
such difficult
agreeing
the forthcoming year
may go on strike
Correction: Such a difficult time. Such + a + adjective singular count noun,
Author:
rikazzz
Comment
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