Certainly! Here are the identified errors, their explanations, and the corrected sentences:
1. **Most people needs good friends.**
- **Error:** The verb "needs" is incorrect because "people" is plural.
- **Correct:** Most people need good friends.
2. **Unless you change your password, she could not use SMIS.**
- **Error:** The use of "could not" is incorrect; it should be "cannot" in this conditional sentence.
- **Correct:** Unless you change your password, she cannot use SMIS.
3. **As I played with my child. Felt comfort.**
- **Error:** The second part is a fragment and not a complete sentence.
- **Correct:** As I played with my child, I felt comfort.
4. **The light has gone at night, everybody returns back to his/her dorm.**
- **Error:** "Returns back" is redundant because "return" already implies "back." Also, using "his/her" can be simplified.
- **Correct:** When the light goes out at night, everybody returns to their dorm.
5. **Coming to the space at night, all the portions will be covered.**
- **Error:** Ambiguous and unclear sentence. "Coming to the space" lacks clarity; "portions" is vague.
- **Correct:** When the night comes, all areas will be covered.
6. **A person is my best customer to whom you are talking.**
- **Error:** The sentence is awkwardly structured.
- **Correct:** The person you are talking to is my best customer.
7. **The students want to learn how to write with simplicity, clearly and logically.**
- **Error:** Parallel structure issue. "Simplicity" (noun) should be balanced with other adverbs.
- **Correct:** The students want to learn how to write simply, clearly, and logically.
8. **Ansha likes jogging, writing, swimming and she likes reading.**
- **Error:** Repetition of "she likes." Can be more concise.
- **Correct:** Ansha likes jogging, writing, swimming, and reading.
9. **Some exam paper is kept as reserve.**
- **Error:** "Exam paper" should be plural, and "as reserve" should be rephrased.
- **Correct:** Some exam papers are kept in reserve.
10. **Either my brother or other committee members has an opportunity to observe the case.**
- **Error:** Subject-verb agreement issue. "Members" (plural) should pair with "have."
- **Correct:** Either my brother or the other committee members have an opportunity to observe the case.
/ask The following sentences have errors. Identify their errors and why they are error and re-write the correct
one.
1. Most people needs good friends.
2. Unless you change your password, she could not use SMIS.
3. As I played with my child. Felt comfort.
4. The light has gone at night, everybody returns back to his/her dorm.
5. Coming to the space at night, all the portions will be covered.
6. A person is my best customer to whom you are talking.
7. The students want to learn how to write with simplicity, clearly and logically.
8. Ansha likes jogging, writing, swimming and she likes reading.
9. Some exam paper is kept as reserve.
10. Either my brother or other committee members has an opportunity to observe the case
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