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'So to speak' versus 'As it were' | 'Don't let's discuss it' versus 'Let's not discuss it'
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Error Identification #1 (permalink) Sun Oct 22, 2006 13:31 pm   Error Identification
 

Hi Teacher,

1.The water in Lake Superior is mostly totally pure, with only localized areas of pollution. ( I chose " with" and changed it to " in".)

2.Billy the kid, a famous outlaw [b]who[/b] was killed when shot by a sherrif, was named actually William H. Bonney.
( I chose " name actually" and changed it to 'named as'.

3.The doing of cheese begins with the coagulation of casein, the chief milk protein. ( I chose " doing" and changed it to 'making'.)

4.A epiphyte is a plant without any roots in the soil. ( I chose " in the soil" and changed it to " in soil".

Thanks in advance.
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Error Identification #2 (permalink) Sun Oct 22, 2006 14:01 pm   Error Identification
 

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1-- wrong choice. Try again. There is a logical impossibility.

2-- Are you asked to change the errors as well as identify them? You found the error, but your correction is wrong. I suppose it should be 'actually named'.

3-- Good choice!

4-- No. Look to your articles.
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Error Identification #3 (permalink) Sun Oct 22, 2006 17:24 pm   Error Identification
 

Mister Micawber wrote:
No. Look to your articles.

Hi

May I ask why "to"? Why not "at"?

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Error Identification #4 (permalink) Sun Oct 22, 2006 23:34 pm   Error Identification
 

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look to
1 : to direct one's attention to <looking to the future>

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Error Identification #5 (permalink) Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:59 am   Error Identification
 

Hi Mr. MM,

1. "mostly" totally pure...it should be erased...
4. "A epiphyte"....I didn't look at it carefully...It should be "an epiphyte...

Are these correct?

Thank you. Very Happy
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Error Identification #6 (permalink) Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:05 pm   Error Identification
 

Rosalisa wrote:
1. "mostly" totally pure...it should be erased...
4. "A epiphyte"....I didn't look at it carefully...It should be "an epiphyte...

I think MM is going to give you an A on this test, Rosalisa. Very Happy

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Error Identification #7 (permalink) Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:09 pm   Error Identification
 

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I didn't look at it carefully.

This, I think, causes about 10% of overall point losses on language proficiency tests.
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Error Identification #8 (permalink) Wed Oct 25, 2006 12:00 pm   Error Identification
 

Thank you very much indeed, Mr. MM and Amy. I must be very careful later. Very Happy
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