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Question 957207: What is website for English tutor?
Identifying error - find an error in each sentence, and explain why?(example - No one were happy about the Mindanao crisis. - were is wrong because No one is singular so we use was therefore the correct sentence is - No one was happy about the Mindanao crisis.)
1) Alexander the Great was at the height of power when he died; thus are the mighty lain in low.
2) The Labor Secretary will meet representatives of the entertainment industry tomorrow to discuss problems affecting the working conditions of the Filipino workers abroad.
3) We his friends,did not learn about that he is being promoted until this morning.
4) The bright fiberglass sculptures of Luis Jimenez has received critical claim not only in his home state,New Mexico but also in New York.
5) With more and more people born each year, the need for food,fuel,and other natural resources have likewise grown.
6) The time will come when consumers will realize that everytime they buy imported goods they helped worsen our employment situation.
7) Speech practice helps us express our ideas more forcefully and enable us to converse intelligently with other people.
8) Dr. Del Mundo is one of the doctors who is cited for providing valuable services to the community.
9) Our civil servants get paid especially on time.
10) The boys had swam in almost every pool around here both large and small ones when they were taking swimming lessons.
11) The editor scanned the pages I handed him glanced at what I had wrote and told me the article would be printed in the next day's paper.
12) Language is indeed the subtlest, but at the same time the more effective means of transmitting wisdom and civilization.
13) He is one of the few candidates who has confined his discussion to issues of the day.
14) Here comes the lovely candidates for the most popular beauty contest in their very attractive and elegant evening gowns.
15) The best consultants are those who can suggest or apply an array of methods aim at helping their clients understand and diagnose a situation, and act accordingly under the given situation.
Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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Identifying error - find an error in each sentence, and explain why?(example - No one were happy about the Mindanao crisis. - were is wrong because No one is singular so we use was therefore the correct sentence is - No one was happy about the Mindanao crisis.)
1) Alexander the Great was at the height of power when he died; thus are the mighty lain in low.
The "in" is superfluous.
2) The Labor Secretary will meet representatives of the entertainment industry tomorrow to discuss problems affecting the working conditions of the Filipino workers abroad.
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3) We his friends,did not learn about that he is being promoted until this morning.
I would put a comma after We. about is superfluous.
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4) The bright fiberglass sculptures of Luis Jimenez has received critical claim not only in his home state,New Mexico but also in New York.
acclaim, not claim. I would put a comma after NM.
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5) With more and more people born each year, the need for food,fuel,and other natural resources have likewise grown.
has, not have.
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6) The time will come when consumers will realize that everytime they buy imported goods they helped worsen our employment situation.
help, not helped
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7) Speech practice helps us express our ideas more forcefully and enable us to converse intelligently with other people.
enables
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8) Dr. Del Mundo is one of the doctors who is cited for providing valuable services to the community.
...doctors are cited...
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9) Our civil servants get paid especially on time.
Makes no sense.
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10) The boys had swam in almost every pool around here, both large and small ones, when they were taking swimming lessons.
commas added.
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11) The editor scanned the pages I handed him, glanced at what I had wrote [written] and told me the article would be printed in the next day's paper.
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12) Language is indeed the subtlest, but at the same time the more [most] effective, [comma] means of transmitting wisdom and civilization.
13) He is one of the few candidates who has [have] confined his [their] discussion to issues of the day.
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14) Here comes [come] the lovely candidates for the most popular beauty contest in their very attractive and elegant evening gowns.
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15) The best consultants are those who can suggest or apply an array of methods aim [aimed] at helping their clients understand and diagnose a situation, and act accordingly under [?] the given situation.
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