Find the Error 20

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(Extract adapted from an article in a local newspaper's business pages)

 

What kind of mistake do you see? (Choose one:)

  • apostrophes

  • articles

  • doesn't make sense

  • punctuation

  • singular / plural

  • spelling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Answer: articles

The article 'the' is not really necessary in the second sentence. Mr. Newell could have said: '… from September 20th …' or '… from the 20th September …', but not '… from the September 20th …'

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