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Tuesday, March 19, 2013
GRAMMAR QUESTION, March 19th, 2013
Please
correct the errors in the following sentence.
There were
to much peoples at the mall so I was hurried up shopping, I was too hurried
that the shirt’s I bought's not big enough and I'm having to return them.
There are lots of possible answers--lots of opportunities
to earn bonus points!
26 comments:
Grace H
said...
There were too many people at the mall, and I was so hurried while shopping that the shirts I bought were not big enough and I'm going to have to return them.
There were too many people at the mall, so I hurried up to finish my shopping, and I was so busy that I didn't realize the shirts I bought weren't big enough, and now I have to return them.
GRACE:Almost--can you fix the punctuation? BEATRICE:Almost--there's a punctuation error;-) LESLIE: Excellent! MARY ANN:Close--can you fix the punctuation? LISA: A good solution:-) ALYCIA: Another good solution:-)
There were too many people at the mall, and I was so hurried while shopping that the shirts I bought were not big enough, and I'm going to have to return them.
I hurried my shopping because there were too many people at the mall, I was in such a rush that the shirt’s I purchased were too small and now I'll have to return them.
There were too many people in the mall today; feeling claustrophobic, I rushed my shopping and ended up buying a shirt that doesn't even fit, so now I'll have to return it.
MARY ANN:Think about the punctuation needed after a dependent clause;-) GRACE:Thank you! LEIGHA: Almost--there's a missing comma;-) ALESHA:There are 2 things to think about--punctuation and plural form;-) ASHLEIGH:a good solution:-) VIVIEN: OK--now think about punctuation:-) SARAH: A good solution:-)
I hurried my shopping because there were too many people at the mall; I was in such a rush that the shirts I purchased were too small and now I'll have to return them.
I hurried my shopping because there were too many people at the mall; I was in such a rush that the shirts I purchased were too small, and now I'll have to return them.
There were so many peoples at the mall, I was hurried through my shopping. I was in such a hurry that the shirt’s I bought's not big enough, and I have to return them.
JOCELYN: A good solution:-) ROBERT: First--I need you to identify yourself more (first letter of last name); now think about apostrophe usage, plural usage, and a noun-pronoun agreement problem;-)
26 comments:
There were too many people at the mall, and I was so hurried while shopping that the shirts I bought were not big enough and I'm going to have to return them.
There were too many people at the mall,so I hurriedly bought shirts which were too small,and now I must return them.
Because there were too many people at the mall, I hurried my shopping; therefore, I bought the smaller size shirts so I have to return them.
There were too many people at the mall, so I shopped too quickly and now I have to return the small shirts.
Because there were too many people at the mall, I rushed through my shopping, and, as a result, I now have to return a shirt that is not big enough.
There were too many people at the mall, so I hurried up to finish my shopping, and I was so busy that I didn't realize the shirts I bought weren't big enough, and now I have to return them.
GRACE:Almost--can you fix the punctuation?
BEATRICE:Almost--there's a punctuation error;-)
LESLIE: Excellent!
MARY ANN:Close--can you fix the punctuation?
LISA: A good solution:-)
ALYCIA: Another good solution:-)
Because there were too many people at the mall I shopped too quickly, and now I have to return the small shirts.
There were too many people at the mall, and I was so hurried while shopping that the shirts I bought were not big enough, and I'm going to have to return them.
I rushed through the mall because there were too many people; consequently, the shirts I bought were too small and now I have to return them.
I hurried my shopping because there were too many people at the mall, I was in such a rush that the shirt’s I purchased were too small and now I'll have to return them.
There were too many people in the mall today; feeling claustrophobic, I rushed my shopping and ended up buying a shirt that doesn't even fit, so now I'll have to return it.
I was so hurried at the mall because there were too many shoppers,as a result, I bought a shirt that was small that, I have to return it.
I hurried my shopping because there were too many people at the mall; consequently, I bought the wrong size shirts, so I have to return them.
MARY ANN:Think about the punctuation needed after a dependent clause;-)
GRACE:Thank you!
LEIGHA: Almost--there's a missing comma;-)
ALESHA:There are 2 things to think about--punctuation and plural form;-)
ASHLEIGH:a good solution:-)
VIVIEN: OK--now think about punctuation:-)
SARAH: A good solution:-)
The mall was crowded with people; hence, I rushed and picked up the wrong sized shirts, which I will have to return.
I rushed through the mall because there were too many people; consequently, the shirts I bought were too small, and now I have to return them.
Because there were too many people at the mall, I shopped too quickly, and now I have to return the small shirts.
I hurried my shopping because there were too many people at the mall; I was in such a rush that the shirts I purchased were too small and now I'll have to return them.
JEANNE: A good solution:-)
LEIGHA: Great !
MARY ANN:That's it!
ALESHA: OK--but there's still a comma missing;-)
I hurried my shopping because there were too many people at the mall; I was in such a rush that the shirts I purchased were too small, and now I'll have to return them.
There were too many people at the mall so my shopping was hurried. I was so hurried that the shirt I bought is not big enough and I have to return it.
ALESHA: Thank you!
STEPHANIE: All good apart from the punctuation; can you fix it?
Because there were so many people shopping in the mall, I felt rushed.I bought shirts that were not big enough, and now I have to return them.
Robert said:
There were so many peoples at the mall, I was hurried through my shopping. I was in such a hurry that the shirt’s I bought's not big enough, and I have to return them.
JOCELYN: A good solution:-)
ROBERT: First--I need you to identify yourself more (first letter of last name); now think about apostrophe usage, plural usage, and a noun-pronoun agreement problem;-)
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