Tuesday, March 18, 2008

GRAMMAR QUESTION, March 18th

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

There were a lot of applause at the Oscars and they had rose the most when the winner of the best movie had been announced.

Remember that there is more than one possible correct answer.

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11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Applause increased, during the Oscars, when the winner for best movie was announced.

Anonymous said...

There was a lot of applause at the Oscars, but it rose the most when the winner for the best movie was announced.

Margaret said...

There was a lot of applause at the Oscars. The loudest applause came when they announced the winner of the best movie.

Veronica Baig said...

Tammy: Good, but check punctuation.
Kelsey: Good solution.
Margaret: Close--check pronoun usage;-)

Unknown said...

The applause at the Oscars increased when the winner of the best movie was announced.

Anonymous said...

Applause increased during the Oscars, when the winner for best movie was announced.

Veronica Baig said...

Samantha: Good solution:-)
Tammy: A little better;-)

Anonymous said...

Applause at the Oscars increased the most when the winner for best movie was announced.

Veronica Baig said...

Janine: That's a good solution:-)

Margaret said...

There was a lot of applause at the Oscars. The loudest applause came when the winner of the best movie was announced.

Veronica Baig said...

Margaret: Even better:-)