Exercise Common Error

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Exercise Common Error

Part 1

1. Finding a parking space there is usually easy during the week.
2. Driving in the city during the evening rush hour.
3. To apply for a job at the new store in the mall.
4. By the time Frances found out how expensive the wall papering job would be.
5. Before picking out an interesting wallpaper pattern that went well with her furniture.
6. Who borrowed Stefanie’s ca Saturday night.
7. Which the salesman was surprised to find in such good shape.
8. While waiting for her neighbor to move the car that blocked the driveway.
9. By making sure that no one will park across the driveway again.
10. Although I will never forget how could we were when we lost our heat last winter.

Part 2

1. Since Anna wasn’t at the meeting, I took notes so that she wouldn’t miss anything.
2. When my cousin moved to Troy, New York after he finished school.
3. After he went to all the trouble of fixing up his apartment.
4. While living there, he made very few friends.
5. Many of his customers coming back three or four times over the summer.
6. His business been so busy that he has very little time for anything else.
7. In the hiding place that Carl had been using for years to get away from the noisy house.
8. Before planning another family get-together at the already crowded park.
9. Because she didn’t want to tell where she had bought the strange outfit.
10. Then I attended Morris Junior High. A junior high that was a bad experience.

Part 3

1. The scene was filled with beauty. Such as the sun sending its brilliant rays to the Earth and the leaves of various shades of red, yellow, and brown moving slowly in the wind.
2. Within each group, a wide range of features to choose from. It was difficult to distinguish between them.
3. A few of the less serious fellows would go into a bar for a steak dinner and a few glasses of beer. After this meal, they were ready for anything.
4. The magazine has a reputation for a sophisticated, prestigious, and elite group of readers. Although that is a value judgment and in circumstances, not a true premise.
5. In the seventh grade, every young boy goes out for football. To prove to himself and his parents that he is a man.
6. She opened the door and let us into her home. Not realizing at the time that we would never enter that door in her home again.
7. As Christmas grows near, I find myself looking back into my childhood days at fun-filled times of snowball fights. To think about this makes me happy.
8. Making up his mind quickly. Jim ordered two dozen red roses for his wife. Hoping she would accept his apology.
9. They were all having a good time. Until one of Joe’s oldest and best friends had a little too much to drink.
10. Although it only attained a speed of about twelve miles an hour. My old rowboat with its three-horsepower motor seemed like a high-speed job to me.

Part 4

1. The small, one-story houses are all the same size and style. With no difference except the color.
2. She wants not only to take a trip to Europe but she also would like to travel to Asia.
3. You can graduate either at the end of the fall semester or you can graduate at the end of the spring semester.
4. What you do today should be the same as did yesterday.
5. Music in your country is quite similar to my country.
6. Depending on the perspective of the viewer, the film was considered laudable, mediocrity, or horrendous.
7. When jumping the fence, the rider was thrown by a horse.
8. Diets are painful ordeals which help you lose weight.
9. Doctors and lawyers with white hospital coats are well respected.
10. Designer jeans which cost a lot of money are worth the price because they last forever, or at least until styles change.

Part 5

1. While jogging down the street, a dog bit my neighbor.
2. Tommy with the red stripes is wearing a shirt.
3. Two hours of skiing provide plenty of exercises.
4. A lot of clothing in those stores have been on sale this week.
5. The old in my country is cared for by their children and grandchildren.
6. Five thousand miles are too far to travel.
7. The majority of the children’s parents are unemployed.
8. More than one house in our street have been broken into recently.
9. Two-thirds of the lessons in this book is easy to understand.
10. Our class is planning a party. Jane’s class is in Room 6.

Exercise Common Error Part 6

1. Many states are reducing property taxes for homeowners as well as extend financial aid in the form of tax credits to renters.
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2. Answering questions can be annoying in a telephone survey.
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3. Opening the window to let out a huge bumblebee, the car accidentally swerved into the lane of oncoming cars.
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4. As he stepped nearer to the edge of the roof, Mario felt the familiar fear moving up through his spine.
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5. Arch-ups are done on the floor face down, with arms extended over the head, toes pointed, and knees stay straight.
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6. The president of Algeria was standing at the podium, he was waiting to be introduced.
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7. There are several reasons for not eating meat. One reason being that dangerous chemicals are used throughout the various stages of meat production.
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8. Shortly after being seated, a waiter approached our table with a smile and a bowl of freshly popped corn.
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9. Sheila is the only one of the many applicants who has the ability to step into this position.
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10. The experience taught Marianne a lesson, she could not always rely on her parents to bail her out of trouble.
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Exercise Common Error Part 7

1. The young girl was walking the dog in a short skirt.
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2. I pushed these fears into one of those quiet places in my mind. Hoping they would stay there asleep.
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3. Most babies come down with a high temperature at some point, mine was no exception.
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4. Our choir knows that all of these problems, one right after another, is God’s way of testing our faith.
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5. The jury decided that he had lied, stolen and he had resisted arrest.
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6. Cross-country skiing is an easy sport to master, that is why it is becoming so popular.
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7. Most parents want their children to do well in school, however, they don’t always know how to help them succeed.
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8. To give my family a comfortable, secure home life. That is the most important goal to me.
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9. Eric took a course at a university that represents a new low in education.
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10. To acquire a degree in almost any field, most universities required that two science courses be completed.
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Exercise Common Error Part 8

1. On most days I had only enough money for bus fare, lunch was a luxury I could not afford.
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2. Within the next few years, orthodontists will be using the technique Kurtz developed as standard practice.
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3. Working late into the night at the computer terminal. Sylvia felt the familiar fear moving up through his spine.
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4. David Bowie’s “Changes” describe an inner struggle.
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5. The eyewitness reported that he had seen a woman running and the burning of the house.
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6. Sam told us that he would soon be getting out o work release. And that he might be able to come home for a visit on certain weekends.
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7. Our house is still in good shape it needs only a paint job and some gutter repair.
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8. Underneath all his brashness, Henry is really a thoughtful person. Few of these colleagues realize how sensitive he is.
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9. While waiting in line for gas, the attendant washed my windshield and checked under the hood.
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10. While we were walking down Grove Avenue, Gary told us about his Aunt Elsinia, She was an extraordinary woman.
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11. Not until my interview with Dr.Harvey were other possibilities opened to me.
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12. To get the most from walking, Dr. Curtis recommends striding rather than strolling.
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13. The A team outfielders shared six pizzas they drowned their sorrows in several pitches of beer.
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