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Hoody41 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Correcting punctuation and spelling

0 Can someone help me with the mistakes in the following lines. 02br
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00 I went home I found out that I won the Lottery. If I hadn't. I would have probably taken 02br
00everyone, out to diner and I would have bought them desert. I'm having trouble concentrating on homework because. I can't wait to take a trip buy an airplane eat a lobster and through a party. 0-
  

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0 Hello, Hoody! 02br 02br 00I'm puzzled by your sentences... Here's what I propose: 02br 00"I went home and found (out) that I haven't won the Lottery.

— Pieanne

  • 0 Hello, Hoody!
  • 02br 02br 00I'm puzzled by your sentences...
  • Here's what I propose: 02br 00"I went home and found (out) that I haven't won the Lottery.
  • If I had, I would probably have taken everyone out for dinner, and even bought them an extra dessert.
  • I would be having trouble concentrating on my homework because I couldn't wait to buy a trip on an airplane, eat a lobster and launch a party".
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0 Hello, Hoody! 02br
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00I'm puzzled by your sentences... Here's what I propose: 02br
00"I went home and found (out) that I haven't won the Lottery. If I had, I would probably have taken everyone out for dinner, and even bought them an extra dessert. I would be having trouble concentrating on my homework because I couldn't wait to buy a trip on an airplane, eat
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0 I agree the exercise I am try to do lists all these sentences and asks me to correct spelling and punctuation. I don't know like u did if I am suppose to make a story that makes sense as well out of them. I typed them as they were listed just like in my original post. 02br
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00Thank you 0-
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0 Well, either you've won the lottery or you haven't. 01blockquote
00I found out that I won the Lottery. If I hadn't. I would have probably taken 12br
10everyone, out to diner12blockquote
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00What I've just quoted is nonsense. 02br
00You win the lottery, then you take your freinds out for dinner, right? 02br
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0 Well, either you've won the lottery or you haven't. 01blockquote
00I found out that I won the Lottery. If I hadn't. I would have probably taken 12br
10everyone, out to diner12blockquote
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00What I've just quoted is nonsense. 02br
00You win the lottery, then you take your friends out for dinner, right? 02br
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0 There's enough mistakes here that different responders could conjure up a number of rewrites. Makes it interesting. Pieanne's is good. 02br
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00How about this one , in contrast: 02br
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00I went home and found that I'd won the Lottery. If I hadn't won, I would probably (surely) not have taken everyone out to dinner and paid for their desserts. B
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0 thanks i am trying to get a clarification on if I am to treat these sentences seperately or just make them into a sensible story 02br
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00I appreciate the help 0-
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0 Much better, Davkett, though I guess eating lobster is much more easy then buying your own airplane. 0-
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0 Hi Pieanne, 02br
00Not if you hate the taste of seafood (and it's the only main dish at the party), and your Lottery ticket was worth 100 million dollars. 02br
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00I'd be interested to know if Hoody 41's question is an accurate quotation of the test question and its instruction. 0-
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0 Of course! 02br
00Let's wait for Hoody. 0-
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0 all of the sentences are individual for spelling and punctuation correction. 02br
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00I went home I found out that I had won the lottery. 02br
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00If I hadn't. 02br
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00I would have probably taken everyone, out to diner and would have bought them desert. 02br
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00I'm having trouble concentrating on home
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