Correct the errors in the following sentence:
Pauls always
been borrowing his red stylish sporty-looking newer car to his brother who’s
lending it while his old battered rust-spotted white vehicle is in the garage
for repairing.
Remember that there is more than one possible correct answer;
each student should provide a different answer.
17 comments:
Paul often borrows his brother's newer, sportier, red car when his older ,battered, rusty, white vehicle is in the garage for repair.
Robert S said.
Pauls always borrows his brothers car, it is newer, red, stylish, sporty-looking car. While his old, white, battered, rust-spotted vehicle is in the garage for repair.
JOCELYN: Please review "previous grammar question" for adjective word order--otherwise good;-)
ROBERT:You need to look at sentence structure--punctuation is involved here--and also check the adjective word order--see "previous grammar question" for help;-)
Paul typically borrows his brother’s red car (a newer, sporty, and stylish model) when his old, rusty, and battered vehicle is out for repair.
Tanya F.
When Paul’s old, battered, rusty, white car is in the garage being repaired he usually borrows his brother’s newer, sportier, red car.
LAURIE: That's a clever way of dealing with the first series of adjectives; in the second one, you need to reverse two of the adjectives;-)
TANYA: Don't omit any of the adjectives, and check the "Previous Grammar Question" for information on adjective word order;-)
Tanya F (Second Attempt):
When Paul’s battered, old, rusty, white car is in the garage being repaired he usually borrows his brother’s stylish, newer, red, sporty-looking car.
*Fingers crossed*
While his rust-spotted, old battered, white vehicle is in the garage for repairing, Paul has been borrowing a stylish, newer, sporty- looking, red car from his brother who is always lending it to him.
Just gave it a try. :-)
TANYA:Still not there--think carefully about which categories those adjectives fall into;-)
VICTORIA: It's important to try--that's how you learn. Do check the adjective word order--it's tricky--and think about word form;-)
Thank you. I have made some changes.
I hope this time I got it right. :-)
While his battered, rust-spotted, old, white vehicle is in the garage for repairing, Paul has been borrowing a stylish, sporty- looking, newer, red car from his brother who is always lending it to him.
I revised it one more time.
Do not want to give up. :-)
While his battered, old, white, rust-spotted vehicle is in the garage for repairing, Paul has been borrowing a stylish, newer, red, sporty- looking car from his brother who is always lending it to him.
While Paul’s old, battered, rust-spotted, white vehicle was in the garage for repair; Paul borrowed a red, stylish, sporty-looking, newer car that his brother lent him.
Tanya F:
When Paul’s battered, rusty, old, white car is in the garage being repaired he usually borrows his brother’s stylish, newer, red, sports car.
***Veronica, I was having trouble figuring out what rusty should be considered when reading the adjective order from the previous question. I am going to keep trying until I get it. Thank you for being so patient and helpful!
While his battered, old, rust-spotted white vehicle is in the garage for repair, Paul has been borrowing his brother's car, which is newer, stylish, sporty, and red.
Tanya: You got it!! :)
Lana: Nicely done.
Victoria: Good.
Leigha: The colour adjective is in different places in the first and second phrases.
While Paul’s battered, rust-spotted, old, white vehicle was in the garage for repair; Paul borrowed a stylish, sporty-looking, newer, red car that his brother lent him.
Tanya F.
Tamara! Thanks so much! Finally :) Welcome to you by the way!
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