ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

Grammar Geek — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:29:15 GMT

Anonymous
I processed the discharged papers of my daughter to the hospital.

I processed the papers to discharge my daughter from the hospital.

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:06:39 GMT

I processed the discharged papers of my daughter to the hospital.

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

Clive — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:14:43 GMT

Hi,
Efficient making decisions in stresful situations.

I can make decisions efficiently in stressful situations.

Clive

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:20:37 GMT

Efficient making decisions in stresful situations.

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

Grammar Geek — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:36:30 GMT

Anon, what do you mean? Which sentences do you want to use, and for what reason?

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:51:23 GMT

Can someone please help me reword sentences so I don'y playgerize?

ALEXAAA wrote:

I have several sentence correction from my English homework. I tried to fix the sentence, but i am not sure if they are right. Can you guys give me some advices and suggestions?

Original sentence is in bold, my correction is in italic.

7. Then he thanks God it was only a dream. (2)

Then, he thanks God that it was only a dream.

8. The cars fell in to the crevices. (1)

The cars fell into the crevices

9. The tremendous impact hit the Southern part of Los Angeles exactly at 9:00 oâclock evening timeâ¦(2)

The tremendous impact had hit the southern part of Los Angeles at exactly 9âclock evening time.

10. Suddenly everyone was covered in debrisâ¦.(2)

Suddenly, everyone was covered by debrisâ¦.

11. After couple of hour the oxygen in the shipâ¦â¦(3)

After couple hours, the oxygen inside the shipâ¦â¦

12. She belives that a canal that goes trough the oceanâ¦.(2)

She believes there is a canal that goes trough the oceanâ¦.

13. The earthquake when on for about 5 min. (2)

The earthquake went on for about 5 minutes.

14. Upon arriving, the same thought occured the entire crew. (2)

Upon arriving, the entire crew shared/had the same thought.

15. By time they arrived it was too late. (2)

By the time they arrived it was already too late.

16. All of a sudden a strange thing started happening. (1)

All of a sudden strange things started happening.

17. All you can hear in the city was screams and criesâ¦(2)

All you can hear from the city were screams and criesâ¦.

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sente

Tam Sadek — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:20:35 GMT

Thanks. Missed that!

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sente

Marius Hancu — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:03:32 GMT

Tam Sadek wrote:
15. By the time not 'By time', by the way...

Yes, but the OP made the correction (underneath, in italics.)

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

Tam Sadek — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:29:21 GMT

15. By the time not 'By time', by the way...

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

ALEXAAA — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 21:11:50 GMT

thank you so much!!!

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

Clive — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:31:53 GMT

Hi,

Some more suggestions.

8. The cars fell in to the crevices. (1)

The cars fell into the crevices A 'crevice' is usually a tiny crack. I wonder if you mean a 'crevasse'?

9. The tremendous impact hit the Southern part of Los Angeles exactly at 9:00 oâclock evening timeâ¦(2)

The tremendous impact hit the southern part of Los Angeles at exactly 9âclock evening time. You don't need to change this to 'had hit'.

11. After couple of hour the oxygen in the shipâ¦â¦(3)

After a couple of hours, the oxygen inside the shipâ¦â¦

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sente

Marius Hancu — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:56:45 GMT

Yes, 2-3 issues per posting is fine. More, and it may be burdensome.
14-16 seem OK.

17. All you can hear in the city was screams and criesâ¦(2)

All you could hear from the city were screams and criesâ¦.

Re: Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

Grammar Geek — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 15:54:44 GMT

On a quick read, I didn't find things wrong with some of the things that were supposed to need correction. Perhaps I have become accustomed to non-standard use. I am from the group that thinks that a comma isn't always necessary in situations like "Suddenly, a tiger jumped out."

The problem with #9 wasn't the verb tense - it was right before your change - but with 9:00 o'clock. Either 9:00 or nine o'clock, but not both. (Aso, lower case southern.)

#16 - Suddenly,

#13 - usually, write out number nine and below, so five minutes.

#15 - This one should have the comma after "arrived."

Someone else can pick through and see what other corrections are needed. Perhaps in the future, you can post fewer examples in a single post. It's a little overwhelming to see so many.

Begging for Help Please!Can someone fix the grammatic error in my sentence

ALEXAAA — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 11:09:51 GMT

I have several sentence correction from my English homework. I tried to fix the sentence, but i am not sure if they are right. Can you guys give me some advices and suggestions?

Original sentence is in bold, my correction is in italic.

7. Then he thanks God it was only a dream. (2)

Then, he thanks God that it was only a dream.

8. The cars fell in to the crevices. (1)

The cars fell into the crevices

9. The tremendous impact hit the Southern part of Los Angeles exactly at 9:00 oâclock evening timeâ¦(2)

The tremendous impact had hit the southern part of Los Angeles at exactly 9âclock evening time.

10. Suddenly everyone was covered in debrisâ¦.(2)

Suddenly, everyone was covered by debrisâ¦.

11. After couple of hour the oxygen in the shipâ¦â¦(3)

After couple hours, the oxygen inside the shipâ¦â¦

12. She belives that a canal that goes trough the oceanâ¦.(2)

She believes there is a canal that goes trough the oceanâ¦.

13. The earthquake when on for about 5 min. (2)

The earthquake went on for about 5 minutes.

14. Upon arriving, the same thought occured the entire crew. (2)

Upon arriving, the entire crew shared/had the same thought.

15. By time they arrived it was too late. (2)

By the time they arrived it was already too late.

16. All of a sudden a strange thing started happening. (1)

All of a sudden strange things started happening.

17. All you can hear in the city was screams and criesâ¦(2)

All you can hear from the city were screams and criesâ¦.