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Grammar and Linguistics > Error Correction :(
Error Correction :(
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ironik
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Error Correction :(
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Hi everyone,I have a few questions to ask. I have an assignment on error correction and I need your help.
1. She married to Guy Ritchie and they have three children.
Here, my tutor says there is a clumsy structure and I have to correct it. It looks correct for me but she says I have to correct it like a native wrote it, so it should sound natural. Can you help me?
2. Now everybody listen and love to her.
I corrected this sentence as: "Now everybody listens to her and loves her", but can I omit the first her? Is "everybody listens to and loves her" also possible?
Thanks beforehand and I wish you a great Sunday! Here in Turkey we are lucky to have some sunshine in the weekend, and I �m looking forward to enjoying it as soon as I �m done with my assignment  |
2 Dec 2012
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miyoko71
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1-She got married to Guy Ritchie and they have three children |
2 Dec 2012
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memthefirst
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For the first one I would say;
She is married to Guy Ritchie and they have three children.
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She married Guy Ritchy and they had three children.
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2 Dec 2012
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ironik
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Thanks :) Any ideas for the second one? |
2 Dec 2012
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valentinaper
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About the second one, I think both your suggestions are correct. Another one could be: Now everybody listens to her songs and love her. or Now everybody loves her songs and she has lots of fans. This is a bit more explicit. Hope I �ve helped. |
2 Dec 2012
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cunliffe
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1. She �s married to Guy Ritchie and they have three children.
2. Now everybody listens to her and loves her.
You are right to keep �her � twice, it doesn �t sound right without it. It would be OK with 2 transitive verbs e.g. Now everybody watches and adores her.
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2 Dec 2012
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edrodmedina
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Number 1 could also be: She married Guy Ritchie and have three children. |
2 Dec 2012
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cunliffe
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Ed, I prefer �She �s married to Guy Ritchie and they have three children. � I think it �s describing the state, rather than the action.
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2 Dec 2012
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MoodyMoody
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Everyone, wouldn �t it be more correct to say, "She WAS married to Guy Ritchie, and they have three children." They got a divorce in 2008, after all. |
2 Dec 2012
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ironik
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ha ha, I guess my student doesn �t know that because her next sentence is: She lives with them in England.
Thanks everyone |
2 Dec 2012
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