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Rewrite the following sentences,
correcting the mistakes. |
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I agree that you are as strong as I
am, but my skills are better than you. |
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Due to popular demand, tiger oil is
now sold in big cans. |
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Of the hundreds of applicants less
than twenty were short-listed. |
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If you want to succeed you should
do like I do. |
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This exercise is good and which is
easy is recommended. |
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The number of people who attended
the two meetings were small. |
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He is as clever, if not cleverer
than his brother. |
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Realizing how richly he deserved to
win, my feelings of jealousy turned into feelings of admiration. |
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The teacher had the book on his
table which I had borrowed from the library. |
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If he was my brother I would never
allow him to read that book. |
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Answers |
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I agree that you are as strong as I am, but my skills are better
yours. |
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Owing to popular demand,
tiger oil is now sold in big cans. ( Due to is used after
the verb to be ( was, are ). Use owing to at the
beginning of a sentence. |
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Of the hundreds of applicants fewer than twenty were
short-listed. |
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If you want to succeed you should do as
I do. Or If you want to succeed you should do
like me. |
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This exercise which is good and which
is easy is recommended. |
6. |
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The number of people who attended the two meetings
was small. |
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He is as clever as, if not
cleverer than his brother. |
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Realizing how richly he deserved to win,
I discovered that my feelings of jealousy turned
into feelings of admiration. |
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The teacher had on his table the book
which I had borrowed from the library. |
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If he were my brother I
would never allow him to read that book. |