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Re: How many grammatical errors in the article below and what are they? Pleeeeease help me!!!
Hello there,
here are some possible corrections (with explanations), not all of which are grammatical:
• “into the elevator in Hefei Metro Line 2” → “into the elevator on Hefei Metro Line 2” (“in” would be understood, but “on” would be preferable)
• “the owner of stolen cellphone” → “the owner of the stolen cellphone” (the extra “the” is necessary)
• “and been surrounded” → “and was surrounded” (the past perfect “had gotten” establishes the time of the scuffle and its current relevance; “was” keeps the time in the past, but the passengers surrounding the thief at that time is not as relevant in the present time)
• “was getting out of the platform” → “was leaving the platform” (one generally “gets off” a platform [if the platform is raised], and “gets out of”, “goes out of”, “leaves”, or “exits” a station; since I wasn’t sure whether this platform was raised, I chose the more generic “was leaving”)
• “after I arrived” → “after I had arrived” (use of the past perfect confirms that the platform is at Dadongmen station)
• “as I just stood” → “just as I was standing” (“as I just stood” has a different meaning: “since I only stood”)
• “a 5-ish girl” → “a five year old girl” (the “-ish” suffix is generally not used with the ages of young people, and small numbers are generally spelled out)
• “in the elevator crowd nearby” → “in the nearby elevator crowd” (“nearby” works better as an attributive adjective here)
• “rushed to” → either “rushed over to” or “rushed” (use “rushed over to” to emphasize the movement of the crowd towards the thief; use “rushed” to emphasize the crowd getting the thief onto the ground)
• “Witness Mr Chen said,” → “Mr Chen, a witness, said,” (“Witness Mr Chen” would be understood, but “witness” is an unusual apposition in English)
• “and at this point” → “and at that point” (“that” would tend to be favored because the event was in the past)
• “and proved that he owns it” → “and proved that he owned it” (the past tense “owned” is used because the event was in the past)
• “whose cellphone was stolen” → “had his cellphone stolen” (the original “whose cellphone … behind him” relative clause would require another verb to go with the subject “the victim”; using “had his cellphone stolen” instead eliminates the relative clause)
• “who was caught red-handed and now had been detained” → either “who was caught red-handed, is now detained” or “was caught red-handed and is now detained” (this “who” introduces a relative clause. If the relative clause is kept, then the main clause needs its own verb; the second option is to eliminate the relative clause. “Is now detained” is used because it is “indirect speech”, to report what someone else [in this case, the police] said at the time when it was said. If the intention was not to use indirect speech, then “has been detained” would be used [to note the past event of the police speaking, with current relevance in the story] instead of “is now detained”)
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Chris
July 16, 2021
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How many grammatical errors in the article below and what are they? Pleeeeease help me!!!
Subway phone thief caught red-handed
A thief who followed a man and his little girl into the elevator in Hefei Metro Line 2 was caught in the act of stealing a cellphone from the man on the evening of May 6.
The thief had gotten into a scuffle with the owner of stolen cellphone and been surrounded by many enthusiastic passengers around, a witness said.
“I was getting out of the platform after I arrived at Dadongmen station at around 8pm that day. I chose to take the escalator and as I just stood by the landing, a middle-aged man with a 5-ish girl in the elevator crowd nearby rushed to a forty-ish man and quickly got him down to the ground.”
Witness Mr Chen said, “He kept holding him while yelling ‘You stole my phone!’, and at this point, the little girl started to cry.”
Mr Chen went to calm and comfort the girl right away. Some passengers pulled out their phones to call the police and more passengers were surrounding the thief. Then the middle-aged man took out a cellphone from the thief’s pocket and proved that he owns it. The thief, the man and the girl were taken away by police later.
Police in Jiulianwei, Hefei said on the evening of May 11, the victim, surnamed Qiu, whose cellphone was stolen by the suspect behind him.
The suspect, surnamed Cui, who was caught red-handed and now had been detained.
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linqiang r.
July 11, 2021
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Korean teacher pls
hi. i want to have a korean teacher pls or an korean who can teach me this language
help me if possible and contact me if someone can teach me pls
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Adriane A.
May 22, 2021
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Japanese Conversation
Hi, good day This is Jenny , I've love to change language in Japanese, in return for English or Tagalog Languages. I studies Japanese here in my place as a short courses but my foundation is not that strong. Anyone willing to help me practice . A very big thank you in advance
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Jenny A.
April 23, 2019
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Re:Translating a short phrase for a Christmas performance.
Hello Laurel
I'd like so much that someone help me with my english because I like and I need to learn English. I need to speak English for to work. So I hope you can hlep ,ok thnks and I'll wait for your answer.
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Nilson B.
February 9, 2019
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English
Hi
I need help in English
I can help you in German /Deutsch.
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Ahtasham Y.
January 23, 2019
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Translating a short phrase for a Christmas performance.
Hello everyone! I am helping with a kids performance for a Christmas service at my church. I have been asked to translate a short phrase into several languages for the kids to say. The phrase is, "Jesus, hope of the world. Pass it on." In this case, pass it on means tell others, so the phrase can also be this. "Jesus, hope of the world. Tell others." I speak several languages but would like to have this in languages from more places of the world, so if you could help me by translating this into your language, I would appreciate it so much! You can either put the translation here or message me with it. I'm hoping to get at least 6 languages.
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Laurel
December 8, 2018
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Needing help translating recorded message from Accra, Ghana
Hi. My name is Michelle. I am from the United States. I am seeking someone from Accra, Ghana to translate a recorded message for me. In return I can teach you English or we can be penpals. Hope to hear from you soon!
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Michelle S.
February 11, 2018
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Re:Your strategies for learning a new language
I study French and Chinese. I agree that they are not that easy languages to study but if there is a will, there is a way. Of course learning grammar and vocabulary is very important but to master a language you need speak and listen to it a lot. As for me, I watch short movies, cartoons, listen to songs. Also my French teacher is French and my Chinese teacher is Chinese. So you need to make friends who are natives as well and practice with them the languages you study a lot.
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Anush
November 4, 2017
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Rober
February 1, 2017
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