Sunday, August 5, 2007

GRAMMAR QUESTION, August 5th

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

Because the boss gave Tony and I such bad instructions for meeting the new clients we could have went the wrong way and ended up completely lost.


Remember that there is more than one possible correct answer.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Having the boss give Tony and me such bad instructions for the meeting, the new clients and two of us could have gone the wrong way, and ended up completely lost.

richard said...

Having bad instructions for meeting the new clients from the boss, Tony and I could go the wrong way and end up lost.

Veronica Baig said...

Irena: It sounds as though the new clients gave the boss the wrong information--always be careful when you start a sentence with a gerund;-)
Richard: Even though you start the same way as Irena, the wording turns out better.