Correct the errors in the following sentence--it's based on
something I heard our Prime Minister actually say on the radio:
I wasn’t understanding what he means when in a speech he has
given Mr Harper was saying the funding will help them suffering from mental
illness and their family’s.
34 comments:
I wasn't understand what Mr.Harper meant in a speech he gave, he said, "the funding will help those who are suffering from mental illness along with their families".
In a speech given by Mr. Harper, I did not understand what he meant when speaking of funding that would help those suffering from mental illness and their families.
I wasn't understanding what Mr. Harper meant in a speech he gave when he said, "the funding will help those and their families suffering from mental illness."
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I did not understand Mr. Harper when he said, “The funding will help people and their families suffering from mental illness.”
I didn't understand what he meant, when in a speech given by Mr Harper, he said "The funding will help those suffering from mental illness as well as their families".
I did not understand what he meant, when Mr. Harper, in a speech, said, "The funding will help those who suffer from mental illnesses, along with their families."
I did not understand Mr. Harper's speech when he said, "The funding will help those who are suffering from mental illness and their families"
ALESHA:You have fixed the difficult part, but now pay attention to verb tense and capitalization;-)
SARAH:Almost there, but think about who is doing the suffering;-)
GRACE: This is a good start. Now think about verb tense and who is doing the suffering;-)
SILVANA:That's close, but think about who exactly is suffering;-)
LAURIE:That's good, but I can't give you a bonus point until I can identify you--full first name and initial of last name please.
JUSTINE: An awkward sentence, but it is grammatically correct:-)
JENNIFER:Nearly there--ask yourself who is suffering;-)
I wasn't understanding what Mr. Harper meant in a speech he gave, he said, "The funding will help those who are suffering from mental illnesses along with their families".
In a speech given by Mr. Harper, I did not understand what he meant when speaking of funding that would help people suffering from mental illness and their families.
I did not understand Mr. Harper when he said, “The funding will help people suffering from mental illness, and it will also help their families.”
I didn't understand what Mr. Harper meant in a speech he gave, when he said, "the funding will help those who are suffering from mental illness, as well as their families."
I didn't understand what Mr. Harper said in a speech, when he stated that
the funding will help whose who suffer from mental illness together with their families.
ALESHA:Thank you!
SARAH:Who is suffering from what here?
SILVANA:Thank you:-)
GRACE:yes, and now pay attention to capitalization;-)
BEATRICE:It's not quite clear who is suffering from what--the sentence is rather ambiguous;-)
In a speech given by Mr. Harper, I did not understand what he meant when speaking of funding that would help people and their families suffering from mental illness.
I didn't understand what Mr. Harper meant in a speech he gave, when he said, "The funding will help those who are suffering from mental illness, as well as their families."
SARAH:Ask yourself if the families are suffering from mental illness?
GRACE:Thank you:-)
In a speech given by Mr. Harper, I did not understand what he meant when speaking of funding that would help those suffering from mental illness, as well as their families.
I wasn’t understanding what he means when in a speech he has given Mr Harper was saying the funding will help them suffering from mental illness and their family’s.
The sentence should read:
I didn't understand what he meant in a speech he gave, when Mr. Harper said the funding will help those suffering from mental illness and their families.
The speech given by Mr.Harper was unclear when he stated "the funding will help those who are suffering from mentalk illness along with their families",therefore I did not understand his remark.
SARAH: That's still not doing it--try to change the word order. That might help you;-)
ALYCIA: That's a great start, but there is ambiguity here. Think about who is suffering from what?
SHELLY: You seem to understand the underlying problem here, but can you correct it? Also check capitalization and spelling;-)
I didn't understand what Mr. Harper meant in his speech when he was talking about funding that will help those suffering from mental illness, as well as their families.
In Mr. Harper’s speech, I did not understand what he meant when he spoke of funding that will help people and their families suffering from mental illness.
I wasn’t understanding what he meant, when in a speech Mr Harper said "the funding will help their suffering from mental illness and aid their families."
I did not understand Mr. Harper's speech when he said, "The funding will help people that are suffering from mental illness and their families"
Sorry for the delay from my initial response.
I didn't understand what Mr. Haper meant in a speech he gave; he said that the funding will help people who are suffering from mental illness and their families.
STEPHANIE: That comma really helps--good work!
SARAH:Ask yourself if the families are suffering from mental illness?
JACOB:You have the underlying problem sorted out--not try to fix the punctuation and capitalization;-)
JENNIFER:Very close--ask yourself who is suffering from what;-)
JANIE:There is an underlying ambiguity that you need to sort out--everything else is good;-)
In Mr.Harpar's speech I did not understand what he meant when he said,"the funding will help those suffering with mental illness,along with their families".
I don't quite understand what I did wrong but here's my correction.
I didn't understand what Mr. Harper meant in a speech he gave, when he said, "The funding will help those suffering from mental illness, and their families."
I did not understand Mr. Harper's speech when he said, "The funding will help people suffering from mental illness and their families"
In Mr. Harper’s speech, I did not understand what he meant when he spoke of funding that would help those suffering from mental illness, as well as their families.
I didn't understand what Mr. Haper meant in a speech he gave; he said that the funding will help people who are suffering from mental illness, as well as their families.
SHELLEY:The capitalization still isn't there;-)
ALYCIA:Wait for the answer tomorrow;-)
JENNIFER:You're not getting the underlying ambiguity here--wait for the answer;-)
SARAH: Better, but still not quite there;-)
JANIE:Wait for tomorrow and the answer;-)
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