Saturday, July 7, 2007

GRAMMAR QUESTION, July 7th

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

The two people in the interviewing panel were amused by some of the candidates, they later entertained their colleagues by telling jokes about them, they and they imitated their mannerisms.

Remember that there is more than one possible correct answer.

Note: you can still see previous Grammar Questions of the Week; they are posted in the 2007 archives in the side bar.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

The two people in the interviewing panel were amused by some of the candidates; they later entertained their colleagues by telling jokes about them, and by imitating their mannerisms.

Veronica Baig said...

Karine: You're very much on the right track here--now check your prepositions.

Anonymous said...

The two people in the interviewing panel were amused by some of the candidates. Later on they entertained their colleagues by imitating the candidate’s mannerisms and telling jokes about them.

Veronica Baig said...

Irena:You're also on the right track; check noun-pronoun agreement.