⭕️ Syntax (writing) ❌
🔰 Determine if the sentences contain errors by choosing: ERROR, or VALID.
🔘 Please [bear] in mind that I'm not as quick as I used to be.
✅It is valid.
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1️⃣ The student [lain] his pencil down on the desk.
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
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2️⃣ He had never seen the Mediterranean [sea] before moving to Sicily.
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
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3️⃣ The recruits were ordered to speak with [general] Barrett.
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
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4️⃣ To [who] should I give this bouquet of flowers?
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
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5️⃣ The [Headmaster] is absent today.
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
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🔰 Determine if the sentences contain errors by choosing: ERROR, or VALID.
🔘 Please [bear] in mind that I'm not as quick as I used to be.
✅It is valid.
▪️▫️▪️▫️▪️▫️▪️▫️▪️▫️
1️⃣ The student [lain] his pencil down on the desk.
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
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2️⃣ He had never seen the Mediterranean [sea] before moving to Sicily.
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
3️⃣ The recruits were ordered to speak with [general] Barrett.
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
4️⃣ To [who] should I give this bouquet of flowers?
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
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5️⃣ The [Headmaster] is absent today.
🔹) ERROR ❌ | VALID ✅
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⭕️ Syntax (writing) ❌ 🔰 Determine if the sentences contain errors by choosing: ERROR, or VALID. 🔘 Please [bear] in mind that I'm not as quick as I used to be. ✅It is valid. ▪️▫️▪️▫️▪️▫️▪️▫️▪️▫️ 1️⃣ The student [lain] his pencil down on the desk. 🔹)…
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1️⃣ The student [lain] his pencil down on the desk.
✖️Wrong! It should be: laid. TIP: The subject student is laying down a pencil, so laid is correct. If the subject was instead lying down himself, lain would be correct.
✅ The student laid his pencil down on the desk.
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2️⃣ He had never seen the Mediterranean [sea] before moving to Sicily.
✖️Wrong! It should be: Sea. TIP: The full names of specific seas are always capitalized.
✅ He had never seen the Mediterranean Sea before moving to Sicily.
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3️⃣ The recruits were ordered to speak with [general] Barrett.
✖️Wrong! It should be: General. TIP: When a title, like 'general', comes directly before a person's name, it should be capitalized.
✅ The recruits were ordered to speak with General Barrett.
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4️⃣ To [who] should I give this bouquet of flowers?
✖️Wrong! It should be: whom. TIP: Whom is correctly used as the object, or the person receiving the action. Who is used as a subject, or the person doing the action.
✅ To whom should I give this bouquet of flowers?
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5️⃣ The [Headmaster] is absent today.
✖️Wrong! It should be: headmaster. TIP: Job titles, like headmaster, are common nouns and are only capitalized when they come directly before a person's name or are used in place of a person's name.
✅ The headmaster is absent today.
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1️⃣ The student [lain] his pencil down on the desk.
✖️Wrong! It should be: laid. TIP: The subject student is laying down a pencil, so laid is correct. If the subject was instead lying down himself, lain would be correct.
✅ The student laid his pencil down on the desk.
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2️⃣ He had never seen the Mediterranean [sea] before moving to Sicily.
✖️Wrong! It should be: Sea. TIP: The full names of specific seas are always capitalized.
✅ He had never seen the Mediterranean Sea before moving to Sicily.
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
3️⃣ The recruits were ordered to speak with [general] Barrett.
✖️Wrong! It should be: General. TIP: When a title, like 'general', comes directly before a person's name, it should be capitalized.
✅ The recruits were ordered to speak with General Barrett.
➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖
4️⃣ To [who] should I give this bouquet of flowers?
✖️Wrong! It should be: whom. TIP: Whom is correctly used as the object, or the person receiving the action. Who is used as a subject, or the person doing the action.
✅ To whom should I give this bouquet of flowers?
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5️⃣ The [Headmaster] is absent today.
✖️Wrong! It should be: headmaster. TIP: Job titles, like headmaster, are common nouns and are only capitalized when they come directly before a person's name or are used in place of a person's name.
✅ The headmaster is absent today.
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