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Opposite of 'Burn' | Redoubled: two or four times increased, in total?
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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. :D
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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. :D

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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. :D
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