Correct the errors in the following sentence:
Its important that we are on time for todays meeting on affective marketing techniques so please be picking Bryan
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11 comments:
It is important that we are on time for todays meeting on affective marketing techniques so please pick Bryan and I up promptly at 8am so we can avoid trouble with the boss.
You found one of the errors, Madicynn, but there are still quite a few left.
It's important that we are on time for today's meeting on effective marketing techniques; please pick Bryan and me up promptly at 8am so we can avoid trouble with the boss.
It's important that we are on time for today's meeting on effective marketing techniques; so please pick Bryan and me up promptly at 8am to avoid trouble with the boss.
It is important that Bryan and I are on time for today's meting on effective marketing techniques, so please pick us up promptly at 8 a.m. to avoid any trouble with the boss.
Yosua ENGL155.
It is important that we be on time for today’s meeting on effective marketing techniques; so please pick Bryan and me up promptly at 8 A.M. to avoid trouble with the boss.
It is important that we are on time for today's meeting on effective marketing techniques, so please pick up Bryan and I promptly at 8:00 a.m. to avoid trouble with the boss.
Sarah, your answer works with the semicolon because you removed the conjunction. Good.
For those who left the conjunction in, it would be better to use a comma.
Zilla managed to avoid the problem with "Bryan and I" by using the phrase as a subject. Good.
For those who kept the phrase as an object, "I" must be in the objective case ("me") -- even if it does sound a little strange.
Sarah, Lana, and Yousa got that part right.
It is important that we are on time for today's meeting on effective marketing techniques. So, please pick Bryan and me up promptly at 8 a.m. to avoid any trouble with the boss.
It’s important that we are on time for today’s meeting on effective marketing techniques, so please pick Bryan and me up promptly at 8 AM, thus we will avoid trouble with the boss.
Norma W. English 155
Shelly, I used to advise against beginning a sentence with a conjunction (like 'so'). But it often adds a desirable emphasis, and is therefore quite acceptable.
Norma, you should not use 'thus' to connect a dependant clause. It would be better to make it the start of a new sentence, or use a semicolon instead of a comma.
Thus:
"...please pick Bryan and me up promptly at 8 AM. Thus we will avoid trouble with the boss."
"...please pick Bryan and me up promptly at 8 AM; thus we will avoid trouble with the boss."
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