Thursday, May 2, 2013

GRAMMAR QUESTION,May 2nd, 2013



Correct the errors in the following sentence:
There were a lot of applauses at the oscars; and they had rose most when the winner of the best movie had been announced and them receiving the direct was going to the stage as quick as possible.

There are many possible answers--many possible bonus points!

3 comments:

Unknown said...

1. There was a lot of applause and a standing ovation when the Oscar winner for best movie was announed. The winner was then directed to the stage as quickly as possible.
2. There was thunderous applause at the Oscars; the audience rose to their feet when the winner of best movie was announced. They were directed to the stage as quickly as possible.

Veronica Baig said...

JESSICA: The first answer is good; the second one has a noun-pronoun agreement error;-)

Unknown said...

Hi Veronica, is this better?
2.
There were thunderous applause at the Oscars; the audiene rose their feet when the winner of best movie was announced. They were directed to the stage as quickly as possible.