Saturday, March 31, 2007

GRAMMAR QUESTION OF THE WEEK, March 31st

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

Because it is april fools day tomorrow and many children or even adults which never grown up will play jokes on their friend and family.

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...

Many children, and adults who never grow up, will play jokes on their friends and family tomorrow because it's april fool's day.

Veronica Baig said...

Vic: Good, but there's a problem with capitalization.

Michelle said...

It is April Fool's Day tomorrow and many children or even adults, which never grown up, will play jokes on their friend's and family.

Veronica Baig said...

Michelle: You have the right idea, but there are a few errors here. When referring to people, it's better to use who/whom, and there is a verb tense problem in that clause. Also note the apostrophe problem.