Thursday, January 31, 2013

GRAMMAR QUESTION, Jan. 31st, 2013



Much stores and shopping centres prepare for chinese new year and Valentines day, there is a special display, traditionally Chinese food, and decoration, although chocolate and flowers for Valentines day,  greetings cards, and cloths with hearts and roses are common.

30 comments:

Alesha B said...

Many stores and shopping centres are preparing for Chinese New Year and Valentines Day by putting out a special displays such as: Chinese food and decorations for Chinese New Year and chocolates, flowers, greeting cards, and cloths with hearts and roses are the most common Valentines Day gifts.

Sarah A said...

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day by putting up special displays, which include traditional Chinese food and New Year’s decorations; although for Valentine’s Day, chocolates, flowers, greeting cards, and clothes with hearts and roses are common.

Grace H said...

Many stores and shopping centres are preparing for the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day by putting up displays featuring Chinese food and decorations for the New Year, as well as chocolates, flowers, greeting cards and cloths with hearts and roses as is common for Valentine's Day.

Unknown said...

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day. They set up special displays that feature traditional Chinese food and New Year's decorations. They also supply common Valentine's Day gifts including: chocolates, flowers, greeting cards and clothing embroidered with hearts and roses.

Unknown said...

Many store and shopping centre are preparing Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day by special display and traditional decoration; such as Chinese food; although chocolate, flowers and greeting card for Valentine’s Day, also clothes with hearts and roses are common.

Veronica Baig said...

ALESHA: You've made a good start--still to think about are punctuation, word confusion and an agreement error;-)
SARAH:You're on the right track--check punctuation;-)
GRACE: Almost there--check for word confusion;-)
ALYCIA:So close--can you fix the punctuation error?
JIA YI: There is some good improvement here. Now think about number errors, a missing preposition, and punctuation;-)

Grace H said...

Many stores and shopping centres are preparing for the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day by putting up displays featuring Chinese food and decorations for the New Year, as well as chocolates, flowers, greeting cards and clothes with hearts and roses as is common for Valentine's Day.

Beatrice L said...

Many stores and shopping centres are
preparing for the Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day displaying traditional Chinese food and decorations, as well as chocolates,
flowers,greeting cards and linens with hearts and flowers for Valentine's Day.

maryannth said...

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day with special displays and decorations. Traditional Chinese food is a popular customer purchase for the Chinese New Year. Chocolates and flowers are popular for Valentine’s Day, however, greeting cards, clothes with hearts and roses purchases are common too.

Unknown said...

A lot of stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day. There are special displays, traditionally Chinese food, and decoration. Although for Valentine’s Day chocolates, flowers, greetings cards, cloths with hearts, and roses are a more common gift.

Unknown said...

CORRECTION - I think I was missing a comma.

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day. They set up special displays that feature traditional Chinese food and New Year's decorations. They also supply common Valentine's Day gifts including: chocolates, flowers, greeting cards, and clothing embroidered with hearts and roses.

Nadine L English 155 said...

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year with a special display, traditional Chinese food, and decoration. For Valentine's Day, chocolate and flowers, greetings cards, cloths with hearts and roses are commonly used.

Alesha B said...

Many stores and shopping centres are preparing for Chinese New Year and Valentines Day by putting up special displays, consisting of traditional Chinese food and New Years decorations, but for Valentines Day chocolates, flowers, greeting cards, and cloths with hearts and roses are common.

Sarah A said...

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day by putting up special displays, which include traditional Chinese food and New Year’s decorations; although, for Valentine’s Day, chocolates, flowers, greeting cards, and clothes with hearts and roses are common.

Veronica Baig said...

GRACE:Thank you!
BEATRICE:A good solution:-)
MARY ANN:You are doing well until the last sentence--check for punctuation and a noun-verb agreement error;-)
JESSE:Sentence 2-check for a word form error; Sentence 3 is really a fragment and there is a word confusion error;-)
ALYCIA:No--it's not a comma;-)
NADINE:A good start--in sentence 2 check for both a word form error and and word confusion error;-)
ALESHA:Better, but the word confusion error remains;-)
SARAH: There's still that one punctuation error;-)

Sarah A said...

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for the Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day by putting up special displays that include traditional Chinese food and New Year’s decorations, as well as chocolates, flowers, greeting cards and clothes with hearts and roses are common for Valentine's Day.

Unknown said...

Was I supposed to put a semicolon? I'm really confused.

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day. They set up special displays that feature traditional Chinese food and New Year's decorations; they also supply common Valentine's Day gifts including: chocolates, flowers, greeting cards and clothing embroidered with hearts and roses.

Alesha B said...

Many stores and shopping centres are preparing for Chinese New Year and Valentines Day by putting up special displays, which consist of traditional Chinese food and New Years decorations, but for Valentines Day chocolates, flowers, greeting cards, and clothes decorated with hearts and roses are common.

LBensch said...

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day with a special display. Chinese New Year is associated with traditional foods and decorations. Valentine’s Day is associated with chocolates, flowers, greeting cards, or clothes with hearts and roses.

Jennifer said...

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine's Day. There are special displays, traditional Chinese food and decorations, as well as chocolates, flowers, greetings cards and clothes with hearts and roses for Valentine's Day.

maryannth said...

Correction: last sentence
Chocolates and flowers are popular for Valentine’s Day but greeting cards, clothes with hearts and roses are common too.

Veronica Baig said...

SARAH:That's better!
ALYCIA:yes--now check the information in the sidebar of the blog about using commas and semicolons. There's also info in your textbook.
ALESHA: Thank you!
L BENSCH: An excellent solution:-)
JENNIFER: Another good solution:-)
MARYANN: Much better:-)

Stephanie said...

Many stores prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day with special displays exhibiting traditional Chinese Food, decoration, and for Valentine’s Day, flowers, greeting cards, and cloths with hearts and roses.

Unknown said...

As many stores and shopping centres prepare for chinese new year and Valentines day, there is a special display of traditional Chinese food and decoration, chocolate and flowers for Valentines day, greetings cards, and cloths with hearts and roses.

KirstenS said...

Many stores and shopping centres are preparing for Chinese New Year and Valentines Day with a special display of traditional Chinese food and decorations; along with chocolates, flowers, greeting cards, and cloths with hearts and roses, which are quite common.

Serena R (Eng 155) said...

Many stores and shopping centres prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentines day by setting up special displays. Chinese New year items include the following: traditional Chinese food and decorations. Valentines Day consisting of these items: chocolate and flowers, greeting cards, and cloths with hearts and roses are also common.

Jennifer H said...

Many stores and shopping centers prepare for Chinese New Year and Valentines Day with a special display that features traditional food and decorations for Chinese New Year along with greeting cards, clothing with hearts and roses for Valentines Day.

Veronica Baig said...

STEPHANIE: You are on the right track, but you need to think about the following: capitalization, a missing conjunction,count noun form, and a word confusion issue;-)
VERONICA:You also have a few things to think about: capitalization, count noun form, and a word confusion error;-)
KIRSTEN:That's a good start--now see if you can fix the punctuation error and solve a word confusion problem;-)
SERENA: close--two things to think about: a verb form error and a word confusion problem;-)
JENNIFER: good!

Glenn F Eng 155 said...

Many stores and shopping centers have prepared for Chinese new year, they have displayed traditional Chinese food and decorations. They are also displaying chocolate, flowers, greeting cards, and commonly clothes with hearts and roses for Valentines day.

Veronica Baig said...

GLENN: Very close--there's a punctuation error you need to fix;-)