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Hoezap Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing

Correction very small paragraph


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I'm new in this forum, I'm Italian I'm just joined to to post this easy exercise


Find 10 common mistakes in this extract from a student answer
they can be about:
1) wrong spelling,
2) active/passive verbs confused,
3) agreement (subject-verb or modifier noun),
4) wrong word form
5) wrong word or expression

The diagram give information about the El Nino current in the Pacific Ocean.

At the beginning, in normal conditions we can see that the wind is blown the warm water to the west causes cool water to rise up to the surface in the east. This bring rich nutrients, abling the number of fish to increase. In this conditions Peru get sunshine and Australia gets rain.

I've found just 6 of them:

The diagram giveS information about the El Nino current in the Pacific Ocean.

At the beginning, in normal conditions we can see that the wind is blown BLOWS the warm water to the west WESTWORDS causes cool water to rise up to the surface in the east. This bringS rich nutrients, abling ENABLING the number of fish to increase. In this conditions Peru getS sunshine and Australia gets rain.

In addition, in EL Nino conditions the weather is different...

So I miss 4 of them

10 points for the best

Thank you so much in advance for your help
  

Top answer

This is how I would correct it: The diagram gives information about the El Nino current in the Pacific Ocean. At the beginning, in El Nino conditions, we can see that the wind blows the warm surface water to the west, causing cool water to rise up to the surface in the east. This brings rich nutrients to the surface, enabling the number of fish to increase.

  • This is how I would correct it: The diagram gives information about the El Nino current in the Pacific Ocean.
  • At the beginning, in El Nino conditions, we can see that the wind blows the warm surface water to the west, causing cool water to rise up to the surface in the east.
  • This brings rich nutrients to the surface, enabling the number of fish to increase.
  • In these conditions Peru gets sunshine and Australia gets rain.
  • I count ten corrections with it revised this way.
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This is how I would correct it:

The diagram gives information about the El Nino current in the Pacific Ocean.

At the beginning, in El Nino conditions, we can see that the wind blows the warm surface water to the west, causing cool water to rise up to the surface in the east. This brings rich nutrients to the surface, enabling the number of fish to increase. In these conditions
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Hi; Welcome to the Forums

I have highlighted the words that need attention:

The diagram give information about the El Nino current in the Pacific Ocean.

At the beginning, in normal conditions we can see that the wind
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I wasn't familiar with El Nino, so I looked it up. Here is a second revision of the text:

The diagram gives information about the El Nino current in the Pacific Ocean.

In normal conditions we can see that the wind blows the warm surface water to the west causing cool water to rise up to the surface in the east. This brings rich nutrients to the surface enabling the number of fi

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