Question
How, if at all, should you correct Sentence 5?
(1) We had a great time at the mall last Friday night. (2)
Several movies had just opened. (3) We looked at the listings very carefully. (4) Then, chose the action film and went inside. (5) Many of our friends already were sitting there, we enjoyed the new movie together. (6)
Afterward, a snack on the way home made the evening perfect.
• Add a connecting word
• Add a subject.
• Add a predicate.
• Make no change.
(1) We had a great time at the mall last Friday night. (2)
Several movies had just opened. (3) We looked at the listings very carefully. (4) Then, chose the action film and went inside. (5) Many of our friends already were sitting there, we enjoyed the new movie together. (6)
Afterward, a snack on the way home made the evening perfect.
• Add a connecting word
• Add a subject.
• Add a predicate.
• Make no change.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
To correct Sentence 5, you can add a connecting word to create a compound sentence. The corrected sentence would read:
"Many of our friends already were sitting there, and we enjoyed the new movie together."
This change adds the conjunction "and" to properly connect the two independent clauses.
"Many of our friends already were sitting there, and we enjoyed the new movie together."
This change adds the conjunction "and" to properly connect the two independent clauses.