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Friday, March 21, 2014
*GRAMMAR QUESTION*
Correct the errors in the following sentence:
There were to much peoples at the mall so I was hurried up shopping, I was too hurried that the shirt’s I bought's not big enough and I'm having to return them.
Solutions will be posted in the next edition of the blog.
6 comments:
Doris177
said...
There were so many people at the mall that I hurried my shopping, and I was so rushed that the shirts I bought were too small and have to be returned.
There were too many people at the mall so I hurried my shopping. I had been so hurried that the shirts I bought are too small and now I have to return them.
There were so many people at the mall that I had to hurry my shopping. I was in such a rush that the shirts I bought was too small and now I have to return them.
There were to many people at the mall so I hurried my shopping. I was so hurried that the shirts I bought were not big enough and I'm going to have to return them.
Original phrase: There were to much peoples at the mall so I was hurried up shopping, I was too hurried that the shirt’s I bought's not big enough and I'm having to return them.
Corrected phrase: Because there were many people at the mall, I hurried up with my shopping; I was in such a hurry that I didn't realize the shirts I bought were not big enough, and I will have to return them.
6 comments:
There were so many people at the mall that I hurried my shopping, and I was so rushed that the shirts I bought were too small and have to be returned.
There were too many people at the mall so I hurried my shopping. I had been so hurried that the shirts I bought are too small and now I have to return them.
There were so many people at the mall that I had to hurry my shopping. I was in such a rush that the shirts I bought was too small and now I have to return them.
Great effort, everyone! Solutions will be coming soon!
There were to many people at the mall so I hurried my shopping. I was so hurried that the shirts I bought were not big enough and I'm going to have to return them.
Original phrase: There were to much peoples at the mall so I was hurried up shopping, I was too hurried that the shirt’s I bought's not big enough and I'm having to return them.
Corrected phrase: Because there were many people at the mall, I hurried up with my shopping; I was in such a hurry that I didn't realize the shirts I bought were not big enough, and I will have to return them.
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