Monday, November 5, 2007

GRAMMAR QUESTION, Nov. 5th

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

I only think that a person travelling to a foreign country should learn a little of a language of those countries to speak easily with the people living their.

Remember that there is more than one possible correct answer.

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

I only think that a traveler to a foreign country should learn some language of this country, so he/she could speak more easily with the people living there.

Anonymous said...

I think people travelling to a foreign country, should learn some of their language so they could speak more easily with the people living there.

Veronica Baig said...

Irena: Almost there;-)
Anonymous: If you want to earn bonus marks, you must give your name. Either click on "name" below, or write your name at the end of the post. Your answer is pretty good; there's a little ambiguity that could be cleared up.

Tammy said...

I think that a person travelling to a foreign country should learn the basics of their language so that they are able to communicate easier with the people living there.

Veronica Baig said...

Tammy: You have the right idea, now think about noun-pronoun agreement.

Tammy said...

I think that a person travelling to a foreign counrty should learn some basic language, so they are able to communicate with the people who live there.

Margaret said...

I think that a person travelling to a foreign country should learn some of the language of that country to speak more easily with the people living there.

Veronica Baig said...

Tammy: Think noun-pronoun agreement;-)
Margaret: That's a good solution:-)

Tammy said...

I think that a person travelling to a foreign counrty should learn the basic language, so they can communicate easier with the people living there.

Veronica Baig said...

Tammy: You're certainly persistent! I'll be posting the 'answers' soon;-)

Tammy said...

Yes that I am :-)
I do not believe in giving up, but it would seem that I am not understanding the noun-pronoun agreement that you wish me to see. I look forward to reading the answer. Hopefully I will then understand what it is that you were looking for and which I was unable to produce.

Thank you