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.
1. Capitalization—proper nouns need a capital
letter: Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day.
2. Count noun—“stores” is a count noun; it needs
to be qualifies by “many” not “much”.
3. Verb tense—use the present progressive for
something that is in progress: are preparing.
4. Noun form—with the use of the plural “stores
and shopping centres”, related items should also be plural: displays, foods,
decorations, chocolates.
5. Verb agreement—in the second clause, a number
of different things are the subject of the expletive “there is”; for that
reason, it should be “there are”.
6. Punctuation—use a semicolon between
independent clauses (…day; there…). Separate the ideas relating to
Chinese New Year from those relating to Valentine’s Day. These could be
separate sentences, or separate them with a semicolon.
7. Word form—use an adjective before a noun, so
change “traditionally” an adverb, to the adjective ‘traditional”; “greetings”
is also used as an adjective; therefore, it cannot take the plural “s”. This
idea of “traditional” should be repeated for Valentine’s Day.
8. Word confusion—many of you confused the words
“cloths” and “clothes”; they are related, but they mean something quite
different.
Possible Answer: Many stores and shopping centres prepare for
Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day; there are special displays, traditional
Chinese foods, and decorations. Although chocolate and flowers for Valentine’s
Day are traditional, greeting cards and clothes with hearts and roses are
common.
