Thursday, May 2, 2013

GRAMMAR QUESTION, May 2nd, 2013

Correct the errors in the following sentence:
There were a lot of applauses at the oscars; and they had rose most when the winner of the best movie had been announced and them receiving the direct was going to the stage as quick as possible.

There are many possible answers--many possible bonus points!

16 comments:

JeffreyC155 said...

There was much applause at the Oscars. When the winner of the Best Movie was announced, it received the largest standing ovation, as the nominee was quickly directed to the stage.

maryannth1 said...

When the winner of the Oscar for the best movie was announced, the director rushed to the stage quickly amid the applause and a standing ovation.

Ashleigh H said...

When the winner for best movie was announced at the oscars, the crowd erupted in applause as the victors were quickly directed to the stage.

Anonymous said...

R.Smale said


There were a lot of applauses at the oscars; then the winner of the best movie was announced and they receivied a standing ovation, while he was directed to the stage as quick as possible.

LeslieB155 said...

At the Oscars, the biggest applause and a standing ovation erupted when they announced the winner of the best movie; immediately, the winners were escorted to the stage.

LeighaM said...

At the Oscars, the winner of the best movie quickly rushed to the stage; during which time, he received the loudest applause and a standing ovation.

Grace H said...

There was lots of applause and a standing ovation at the Oscars when the winner of the best movie was announced and making his way quickly to the stage.

Veronica Baig said...

JEFFREY:Almost--you might want to rethink your use of "nominee."
MARY ANN: An interesting, but good, version:-)
ASHLEIGH:Almost--please think about capitalization;-)
ROBERT:You're on the right track, but you need to think about a problem with a non-count noun, pronoun agreement, punctuation and capitalization;-)
LESLIE:A good solution:-)
LEIGHA:Close--can you fix the punctuation?

Grace H said...

^^
My answer was posted just before yours, so it wasn't marked, so I'm just posting this to make sure it isn't missed when you next mark the answers.

Veronica Baig said...

GRACE: A good solution--we must have been posting at the same time, and they don't show up immediately.

LeighaM said...

At the Oscars the winner of the best movie quickly rushed to the stage; during which time he received the loudest applause and a standing ovation

LeighaM said...

At the Oscars the winner of the best movie quickly rushed to the stage; during which time he received the loudest applause and a standing ovation.

Veronica Baig said...

LEIGHA: That wasn't the problem:-(

Vivien said...

There were lots of applauses at the Oscars when the winners of the best movie was announced: They rose and were directed to go on the stage as quickly as possible

Jocelyn B said...

With the audience at the Oscars applauding and rising from their seats, the winners of the best movie category were directed quickly to the stage.

Veronica Baig said...

VIVIEN: Close, but you have a problem with a non-count noun that you have made into a plural;-)
JOCELYN: Nicely done!