Reference no: EM131912375

Directions: For each sentence below, find the , Part 2. Write the error and the correction below the sentence. If a sentence has no error as listed in the Usage Handbook, write C in the space underneath the sentence next to "Error." In such a case, leave the correction section blank. Keep in mind that the writing would be for an academic audience.

Example: Charlie paints good, so he should go to art school.

Error: paints good

Correction: paints well

Example: Charlie paints well, so he should go to art school.

Error: C

Correction:

1. We divided the money between the seven of us.

Error:

Correction:

2. The amount of cars in the driveway and the yard revealed that there was a party going on next door.

Error:

Correction:

3. I want to go back to Disney World real bad.

Error:

Correction:

4. We seen you at Walmart nearly every day this week.

Error:

Correction:

5. I read the other day where two people were arrested in China for holding hands on a sidewalk downtown.

Error:

Correction:

6. I could of gone to Spain once for a month to stay with my boss, but I was too shy.

Error:

Correction:

7. What do we have to loose if we decide not to take a final exam? 

Error:

Correction:

8. The programs at Charter College are accelerated, so your degree goals are not a long way away.

Error:

Correction: