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2015-09-17 Writing: error correction

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  1. Greg Malivuk
  2. [email protected]
  3. http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk
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  5. Homework: finish your paragraphs
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  7. Shopping in Boston
  8. There are many great places to go shopping in Boston. First, you can go to ____ on ____ Street. It is a great place to buy clothes because everything there is good quality but not too expensive. For example, a medium Ralph Lauren polo shirt costs only ___. Another good place to go is _____, in _____. It is the best place in Boston to buy books and movies. It has a great selection and prices are very reasonable. Finally, if you want to buy furniture, you should go to _____. The furniture there is really nice and they will deliver it to your house for free. If you go to these three places, you will have a good and cheap shopping experience in Boston.
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  10. Remember: transition signals start a new sentence, but they are part of the next sentence.
  11. Finally, if you want to buy furniture…
  12. NOT “Finally. If you want to buy furniture…”
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  14. You do not need a transition signal on every single sentence.
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  16. First, if you want to eat some local food in Boston, you should go to Quincy Market.
  17. (You need a comma after the if-clause if it is at the beginning of the sentence.
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  19. Quincy Market is a scenic place many tourists will go to that place for eat or shopping.
  20. -> for eating or shopping (“for” + gerund, also: gerund “or” gerund)
  21. Quincy Market is a scenic place (which) many tourists will go to for eating or shopping.
  22. or: Quincy Market is a scenic place and many tourists will go to that place for eating or shopping.
  23. to that place -> there (“many tourists will go there for eating”)
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  25. You go shopping on Newbury St. (no “the” - uncommon for man-made places)
  26. You go kayaking on the Charles River. (yes “the” - common for geographical places)
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  28. *On Newbury Street has a lot of good restaurants. (WRONG)
  29. -> Newbury Street has a lot of good restaurants.
  30. or -> On Newbury Street, there are a lot of good restaurants.
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  32. *In my house has three bedrooms. (WRONG)
  33. My house has three bedrooms.
  34. In my house, we have three bedrooms.
  35. In my house, there are three bedrooms.
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  37. There are many good restaurants. For example, Panda and Wagamama are right across the street from one another.
  38. There are many good restaurants, such as Panda and Wagamama.
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  40. Homework: Write or finish a paragraph about advice for visiting Boston. If you already wrote a paragraph, rewrite it to fix the mistakes I marked.
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