Dear friends and members of MyEC. Can you find the mistakes in the sentences below?
Each sentence has one mistake, unless I have mentioned more.
1. According to me, this is the best restaurant in town.
2. I met her for the first time in Berlin five years before.
3. Most of people have a computer.
4. My little granddaughter is having a dog.
5. What is wrong in this conversation?
A: I don't like crowded places.
B: Me too, I can't even breathe there.
6. We have been waiting for you since two hours.
7. What is wrong in this conversation? (two mistakes!)
A: Check your emails, please, I sent you an email.
B: Yes, I have got your email yesterday, thanks.
8. Tonight, I want to cook myself for dinner.
9. Could you borrow me some money, please? I have forgotten my purse.
10. The presentation is ready; can you tell me how it looks like?
Good luck!
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Hahaha... I love sentence number 8! :-D
Hahaha, NotAClue, me too.
Rose, thanks a lot, i really appreciate your efforts, the way you are trying to make this site lively again and beneficial to us.
I have a question, if we correct the sentence starting by most of the people i think it is also okay .....let me know
I am sorry, dear bet, I did not understand your question. Could you explain more, please?
Pıfftt , Bird ! What nice greasing her !Huh...
If I did anything wrong please let me know.
Maybe a native English speaker would like to look over it?
Here are the corrections for Sentences 7 -10
7. What is wrong in this conversation? (two mistakes!)
A: Check your emails, please, I sent you an email.
B: Yes, I have got your email yesterday, thanks.
CORRECT is:
A: Check your emails, please, I've sent you an email.
B: Yes, I got your email yesterday, thanks.
Explanation:
Person A speaks about an email without mentioning when person A had sent it. Person A did not say a specific time.
If we don't mention a specific time, we have to say "I have (I've) sent you an email.
If we mention a specific time, we have to say “I sent” you an email, yesterday, (before two hours, last night, etc.).
8. Tonight, I want to cook myself for dinner.
CORRECT is: 8. Tonight, I want to cook dinner by myself. Also: Tonight, I want to cook dinner for me.
Explanation:
If you say “I want to cook myself” it means you would be the dish...(would be funny!)
9. Could you borrow me some money; I forgot my purse.
CORRECT is: 9. Can you lend me some money; I forgot my purse.
Explanation:
"Borrowing" means that you are the recipient of something, you ask someone to give you something for some time.
"Lending" means that someone is the giver; he gives you something for some time.
10. The presentation is ready; can you tell me how it looks like?
CORRECT is: 10. The presentation is ready; can you tell me how it looks.
Explanation:
"How" in this sentence indicates, I want to know your opinion about the presentation of appearance and content (for example).
By using "how", it must never be used together with "like" after look/s. "How something/someone looks" doesn't ask for comparison with something else.
The answer would be: "The presentation looks good.".
If you want to compare, you have to use "What" e.g.: "What does it look like?"
Example:
A: I never met your brother. How does he look?
B: He is tall, slim, and handsome.
A: Can you tell me what he looks like?
B: Well, in my opinion, he looks like Brad Pitt.
Dear friends and members of MyEC.
Here are the Corrected sentences 1 - 6
The number of letters are limited, that's why I had to divide.
1. According to me, this is the best restaurant in town.
CORRECT is:
1. In my opinion, (I believe, I think, etc.), this is the best restaurant in town.
Explanation:
"According to" can't be used if we speak about OUR OWN opinion, belief, thinking, etc.
"According to" reflects the opinion (belief, thinking, etc.) of others.
2. I met her for the first time in Berlin five years before.
CORRECT is:
2. I met her for the first time in Berlin five years ago.
Explanation:
In sentence 2, we speak about something in the past that happened in relation to the present. It includes a specific time (minutes, hours, months etc.)
That's why we have to use "ago". It means that it has been five years since I met her.
“Before” is used when referring to a specific event in relation to another event or time.
E.g .: I met her for the first time in Berlin before I visited her in London.
I met her in Berlin before you did.
3. Most of people have a computer.
CORRECT is:
3. Most people have a computer.
In this sentence, we speak generally (here, about all people). In that case, we don't add “of” or “of the”.
E.g .: Most students have a job alongside their studies. (speaking generally, means each student has a job alongside their studies.)
E.g.: Most of the students at my university work alongside their studies. (Speaking about a specific group of students who has a job alongside their studies.)
4. My little granddaughter is having a dog.
CORRECT is:
4. My little granddaughter has a dog.
Explanation:
Using of “is having” in a phrase implicates “giving birth to”.
5. What is wrong in this conversation?
A: I don't like crowded places.
B: Me too, I can't even breathe there.
CORRECT is:
A: I don't like crowded places.
B: Me neither, I can't even breathe there.
Explanation:
We agree in this sentence with a negative phrase, (statement, opinion,etc.).
That's why we have to say “Me neither”.
“Me too” is only correct if we agree with positive Phrases, (statements, opinions, etc.). e.g.: A: I like sweets. B: Me too, I can't help eating them.
6. We have been waiting for you since two hours.
CORRECT is:
6. We have been waiting for you for two hours.
Explanation:
In this sentence, we speak about the duration (period) of time. We mention how long an action or event has continued.
That's why we have to say: We have been waiting for you for two hours.
'Since' is followed by a point of time in the past, not a period of time.
E.g.: We have been waiting for you since yesterday. We have been waiting for you since you left the your house.
Do not worry dear Rose, i am ready to provide more hankys if you have shortage of it.....lol.....it happens, so smile.....
You are so kind, dear bet. Thanks.
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