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Sentence Correction Exercise - 2

This document contains a sentence correction exercise with 12 sentences containing errors. The errors involve removing unnecessary or incorrectly used words to make the sentences grammatically correct. For each sentence, the word that needs removing is identified and a brief explanation is given about why that word should be removed and how to fix the grammatical error in the sentence.

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Sentence Correction Exercise - 2

This document contains a sentence correction exercise with 12 sentences containing errors. The errors involve removing unnecessary or incorrectly used words to make the sentences grammatically correct. For each sentence, the word that needs removing is identified and a brief explanation is given about why that word should be removed and how to fix the grammatical error in the sentence.

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Sentence Correction Exercise

In each of the following sentences you have to remove a word to make them grammatically
correct. Identify that word which needs to be removed.

1. He went to work despite of his illness.


to
despite
of
Despite is the preposition. It does not take of after it.

2. Raju, who he is my best friend, is a writer.


who
best
he
The relative pronoun acts as the subject or object of the relative clause. It replaces words like
he, him, they, them etc. It is, therefore, wrong to repeat the pronoun in the relative clause.

3. No matter what that I do, I can't make her happy.


what
that
make

4. She is busy at the work and won't be home before 10.30.


at
the
be
The correct expression is 'at work'.

5. I have decided to quit my job a week ago.


have
to

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a
We do not use the present perfect tense with past time expressions like ago.

6. You should complain of if you are not happy with the service you
receive.
of
if
with
The preposition of is not required here.

7. You had better not to wake him up when get home.


had
not
to
Had better is followed by an infinitive without to.

8. You should tell to me exactly what happened there.


should
to
what
There is no preposition between tell and its object.

9. He is clever but he lacks of experience.


but
of
is
The verb lack is followed by direct objects without prepositions.

10. She does not resemble to either of her parents.


does

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to
of
Resemble is followed by direct objects without prepositions.

11. I have written to every my friend I have.


to
every
my
Every cannot be used with possessive adjectives.

12. I don't speak of either French or German.


speak
of
either

PLAY AGAIN !
Answers
1. He went to work despite his illness.
2. Raju, who is my best friend, is a writer.
3. No matter what I do, I can’t make her happy.
4. She is busy at work and won’t be home before 10.30.
5. I decided to quit my job a week ago.
6. You should complain if you are not happy with the service you receive.
7. You had better not wake him up when get home.
8. You should tell me exactly what happened there.
9. He is clever but he lacks experience.
10. She does not resemble either of her parents.
11. I have written to every friend I have.
12. I don’t speak either French or German.

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