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presence vs. presents #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:14 pm   presence vs. presents
 

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You are really a very kind uncle and L must say it was one of the best presence I have received this year.

(a) uncle
(b) presence
(c) received

What is mistake?
http://www.english-test.net/esl/learn/english/grammar/er021/esl-test.php#thank_you_letter_question_two
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The mistake that you are expected to find is the word 'presence'. The correct word would be 'presents'.

Note to Torsten:
There is also a typo that needs correction. "L" should be "I":
You are really a very kind uncle and I must say it was one of the best presents I have received this year.
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presence vs. presents #2 (permalink) Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:19 pm   presence vs. presents
 

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Oops! Where did the test-taker's post go? (I don't have the ability to delete or change someone else's post, do I?) :shock:
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presence vs. presents #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 12, 2007 16:29 pm   presence vs. presents
 

Yankee wrote:
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Oops! Where did the test-taker's post go? (I don't have the ability to delete or change someone else's post, do I?) :shock:
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Hi, Amy

A wild guess: some of the modertors had deleted the test-taker's post (considering it noninformative) before you posted yours - what a chance of that ?!? :)
Incidentally, surprisingly enough, the thread's author is still Mr. Guest, although the first post in the thread is yours :? A bug in the software..
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presence vs. presents #4 (permalink) Wed Sep 12, 2007 21:54 pm   presence vs. presents
 

Hi Alex

Yes, that must be it. Somebody probably deleted the original post just after I answered it, not realizing there was already an answer there...

Either that or I've become clairvoyant and can now spot typos without actually looking at a test sentence first. :shock: :lol:
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