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Finding mistake: She entered politics in 1989, and went on becoming a minister...



 
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Finding mistake: She entered politics in 1989, and went on becoming a minister... #1 (permalink) Fri May 09, 2008 6:26 am   Finding mistake: She entered politics in 1989, and went on becoming a minister...
 

Hello,
Please look at the exercise below :
Finding mistake:
1.She entered politics in 1989 ,and went on becoming a minister two tears later.
2.the dispute was arisen from a disagreement between a landlord and some students in a tavern.
Sentence 1: the answer is ''becoming'' but I don't understand .I think ''becoming'' is quite appropriate.
The same is in the sentence 2 ,the answer is ''arisen'' but why?
Please explain it for me!!!!!
Thanks in advance
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Finding mistake: She entered politics in 1989, and went on becoming a minister... #2 (permalink) Fri May 09, 2008 6:58 am   Finding mistake: She entered politics in 1989, and went on becoming a minister...
 

Hi duc

Here are your sentences with the corrections:

1.She entered politics in 1989, and went on to become a minister two years later.

You can use 'went on to become' to mean something similar to 'afterwards became'.

2.The dispute arose from a disagreement between a landlord and some students in a tavern.
The verb 'arise' is intransitive and thus cannot be used in the passive voice.
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