Error Identification

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi Teacher,

1.The water in Lake Superior is mostly totally pure, [color=green]with only localized areas of pollution. ( I chose " with" and changed it to " in".)

2.Billy the kid, a famous outlaw who was killed when shot by a sherrif, was named actually William H. Bonney.
( I chose " name actually" and changed it to ‘named as’.

3.The doing of cheese begins with the coagulation of casein, the chief milk protein. ( I chose " doing" and changed it to ‘making’.)

4.A epiphyte is a plant without any roots in the soil.[b] ( I chose " in the soil" and changed it to " in soil".

Thanks in advance.[/b][/u]

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1-- wrong choice. Try again. There is a logical impossibility.

2-- Are you asked to change the errors as well as identify them? You found the error, but your correction is wrong. I suppose it should be ‘actually named’.

3-- Good choice!

4-- No. Look to your articles.
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Hi

May I ask why “to”? Why not “at”?

Tom

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look to
1 : to direct one’s attention to
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Hi Mr. MM,

  1. “mostly” totally pure…it should be erased…
  2. “A epiphyte”…I didn’t look at it carefully…It should be "an epiphyte…

Are these correct?

Thank you. :smiley:

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I think MM is going to give you an A on this test, Rosalisa. :smiley:

Amy

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This, I think, causes about 10% of overall point losses on language proficiency tests.
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Thank you very much indeed, Mr. MM and Amy. I must be very careful later. :smiley: