Find the Error 17
(Extract adapted from an article in a national tabloid newspaper)
What kind of mistake do you see? (Choose one:)
- apostrophes
- articles
- doesn't make sense
- punctuation
- singular / plural
- spelling
Answer: doesn't make sense
There is an unnecessary verb ('had') in the second sentence. It should read:
'… a whopping 55 per cent of those said they didn’t want to contemplate a
day at the grindstone without tucking into a home-cooked breakfast first.'
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