TOPIC: IDENTIFYING ERRORS

NEW CURRICULUM
2023
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1. If you are sure that A you are in the right, B

you would not C mind an independent
examination of D the case. No error E.

ANSWER: would not C

Explanation:
After a present tense in the if clause,
we need a future tense in the main clause.
Would should be changed to will. 
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2. The union insisted A on an increase in their B
members’ C starting pay, and threatened to call
a strike if the company refused to D meet the demand.

ANSWER: their B

Explanation:
Change their to its because
the union is a singular noun.
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3. We have no choice but A to appoint
Mary: B she is the best C of the two candidates,
and there is D no prospect of finding more applicants.

ANSWER: best C

Explanation:
Since there are only two candidates
we must use better not best.
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4. The farmer should not have been A
so careless as B to leave the door of the house
unbolted when C he had gone D to bed. No error E.

ANSWER: had gone D

Explanation:
No need for a past perfect tense here: use went.
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5. My uncle, who A was B on vacation,
along with my two cousins and I C ,
went D fishing down by the river. No error E.

ANSWER: I C

Explanation:
Change I to me (object of a preposition).
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6. Either of the solutions you have A
proposed are B acceptable to the union,
whose C members are willing D to compromise.
No error E.

ANSWER: are B

Explanation:
Either requires a singular verb: change are to is.
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7. For a successful career as A a beautician,
one B must be prepared to dissemble: C
you must not tell your client the unvarnished truth
about his or her D appearance. No error E.

ANSWER: one B

Explanation:
For pronoun continuity, change one to you.
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8. She wondered whether A the city
had changed alot B since she had
left to go to C university. D No error E.

ANSWER: alot B

Explanation:
“Alot” should be two words.
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9. The presence of strong feeling,
the cause of which A is not fully understood,
always has the effect B of making we C
human beings D uneasy. No error E.

ANSWER: we C

Explanation:
Change we to us
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10. Was the woman who A you think
you saw B leaving the building wearing C
a nurse’s D uniform? No error E.

ANSWER: who A

Explanation:
Change who to whom..
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