PROOFREADING#2 18 th October 2005
The difference between a CLAUSE and a PHRASE A CLAUSE has a verb e.g. I wish that it will not rain tomorrow. A PHRASE is a group of words, usually without any verb e.g. I wish you a Merry Christmas.
BECAUSE vs. BECAUSE OF A CLAUSE follows “BECAUSE” e.g. I love Erminia because she is beautiful. “BECAUSE OF” is followed by A PHRASE e.g. I love Erminia because of her beauty.
DURING is followed by a phrase e.g. I learnt to swim during the summer holiday. 7.I have a wonderful experience during I was working at Teen Times. when
Problematic SUBJECTS 33.Although this job needs to work for a long time, … 35.Is your work busy? 36.I didn’t know that my articles have many people to read.
Missing SUBJECTS 34.During the interview, I did not know what questions should ask first. 35.How are you? Is … and work happily? 37.Through this work, I learn how can make a good magazine.
Joining 2 sentences with Present Participle I heard this. I learnt a lot of things. After I heard this, I learnt a lot of things. 12. After hearing this, I learnt a lot of things.
It is … for me to … 31. I was the first time to see Twins nearly. ‘nearly’ does not talk about distance. E.g. I nearly fail the test. (I narrowly pass the test.) It was the first time for me to see Twins closely.
Simple Past Tense (form) 39. I was need to report on STC Halloween party. The students were started some activities. They were go back into the dark school hall. The students were scared. needed went
Identify the UNCOUNTABLE 40. We visited many restaurants to collect many information on good food. We ate different kinds of food and all the foods were free of charge. Now, I have many knowledge of good food in Hong Kong.