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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

competitive exam question..doubt

Such people, who do know not how to be polite and well mannered, in a civilized society, are disliked.

Please clear my doubt as to where is the grammatical mistake in the above sentence, i am teacher, but i find no, mistakes.

thank you
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laxmi
hyderabad
  

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It should be: Such people, who do not know how to be polite and well mannered in a civilized society, are disliked. The comma after "well mannered" is not necessary. I would personally hyphenate "well-mannered", but preferences vary.

  • It should be: Such people, who do not know how to be polite and well mannered in a civilized society, are disliked.
  • The comma after "well mannered" is not necessary.
  • I would personally hyphenate "well-mannered", but preferences vary.
  • As a teacher, you ought to know that the word "I" should always be capitalised, wherever it appears.
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It should be:

Such people, who do not know how to be polite and well mannered in a civilized society, are disliked.

The comma after "well mannered" is not necessary.

I would personally hyphenate "well-mannered", but preferences vary.

As a teacher, you ought to know that the word "I" should always be capitalised, wherever it appears.

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