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Friday, June 6, 2014
*NUMBER CHANGE*
If the sentence is singular, change it to the plural; if it is plural, change it to the singular.
After completing his chores, the young man went to the store to pick up a small snack. He bought a bag of chips, two chocolate bars, an ice cream sandwich, and a bottle of root beer to wash it all down!
3 comments:
krisla Eng 155
said...
After completing his chore, the young men went to the store to pick up a small snack. They bought bags of chips, one chocolate bar, ice cream sandwiches, and bottles of root beer to wash it all down.
If the sentence is singular, change it to the plural; if it is plural, change it to the singular.
After completing his chore, the young man went to the store to pick up some small snacks. He bought some bags of chips, a chocolate bar, ice cream sandwiches, and bottles of root beer to wash it all down!
3 comments:
After completing his chore, the young men went to the store to pick up a small snack. They bought bags of chips, one chocolate bar, ice cream sandwiches, and bottles of root beer to wash it all down.
If the sentence is singular, change it to the plural; if it is plural, change it to the singular.
After completing his chore, the young man went to the store to pick up some small snacks. He bought some bags of chips, a chocolate bar, ice cream sandwiches, and bottles of root beer to wash it all down!
Good work, both of you! But, Krisla, your pronoun ("his") doesn't match the noun ("men").
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