Find the Error 53
(Extract adapted from an article in a national newspaper)
What kind of mistake do you see? (Choose one:)
- apostrophes
- articles
- doesn't make sense
- punctuation
- singular / plural
- spelling
Answer: spelling
The spelling mistake in this example comes near the end, in the sentence that
begins: 'I got the feeling that …' The phrase 'Lloyd and is trademark slapstick
routines' should read 'Lloyd and his trademark slapstick routines'. The word
'is' is a verb (from verb 'to be') and is incorrect in this sentence because the
possessive adjective 'his' is required, to indicate the fact that the 'trademark
slapstick routines' belong to 'Lloyd'.
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