Answer to Question #184595 in English for Faith

Question

identify 10 grammatical errors.explain clearly,what is grammatically incorrect about the error that you have identified.

Bill and noluntu likes to visit the park. Peter and noluntu choose the shorter route each time they go there.They walk across one main road and greeted an old woman who basks in the sun daily at the front of her house.At the park they see beautiful plants like lilies and roses and jacaranda trees.The park offers convenient places in the form of a kiosk, public toilets and some benches to sit.Bill and noluntu they work in the tourism industry.The covid-19 pandemic affects them just because in three ways.Firstly, they can go not anymore to the park.Secondly, the lockdown rules hit their industry so badly because international travel is suspended.Thirdly, they are in the fourth month with no income.Like many others,their company have closed under lockdown.It is because they without money to buy refreshments.

Answer 1

Ten identified grammatical errors with explanations.

1. noluntu-  it is a proper noun in this context, so its first letter needs to be in capital.
2. likes- lack of subject-verb agreement. A singular subject agrees with a singular verb.
3. greeted- verb tense error. A present tense agrees with the present tense in the same sentence.
4. At the park- missing comma after the introductory phrase
5. lilies and roses and jacaranda trees- Lack of a comma after ‘roses’ to separate the series of three words.
6. a kiosk, public toilets and some benches- Lack of a comma after ‘toilets’ to separate the series of three words.
7. Bill and Noluntu they- inappropriate use of nouns and pronouns. Either the nouns ‘Bill and Noluntu’ or the pronoun ‘they’ should be used to bring out the meaning.
8. can go not- a word order problem.
9. international travel is suspended- written in the passive voice instead of the active voice.
10. their company have closed- The plural verb have does not correctly agree with the collective noun company. ‘Have’ should be in the singular form.