Unit 11 - Mind over matter
Exercise
38
Find and correct the eight mistakes in the email below. Say what type of mistake each one is.
Solution
Mistakes
- "at" should be "to" → Preposition error.
- "if" should be "when" or "once" → Incorrect conjunction.
- "that can be fragile" should be "how fragile a guitar can be" or "that a guitar can be fragile" → Syntax error.
- "a" should be removed before "guitar" → Indefinite article error.
- "thing" should be "things" → Plural noun error.
- "explaned" should be "explained" → Spelling error.
- "I’m really sorry eddie" should be "I’m really sorry, Eddie" → Lack of punctuation and capitalization.
- "I apologise to you" should be "and apologize to you" → Inconsistency in verb usage.