Correct the errors in the following sentence:
The team were fantastic. They won the game easily and with style however the crowd were booing the referee because of a dubious call and it threw empty bottles on the field.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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The home team were fantastic, and they won the game with ease and style; however, because of a few dubious calls, the visitors’ crowd booed the referee and threw empty bottles on the field.
The team were fantastic and won the game easily with style; however the crowd booed the referee and threw empty bottles on the field because of a dubious call.
The team was fantastic because they won the game easily with style; however, the crowd booed the referee and threw empty bottles on the field, due to a dubious call.
Milijana: Yes, but you have changed the meaning here when you added "visitors".
Cindy: Good, but there is a little word missing!
Sara: Pretty good, but check out an agreement issue.
The team were fantastic because they won the game easily with style; however, the crowd booed the referee and threw empty bottles on the field, due to a dubious call.
Sara: That's better, not look for a word that is missing and a small punctuation error;-)
Hi veronica.. not sure what word is missing..
The team were fantastic and won the game easily and with style; however the crowd booed the referee and threw empty bottles on the field because of a dubious call.
The team were fantastic because they won the game easily with style; however the crowd booed the referee and threw empty bottles on the field, due to a dubious call.
The team was fantastic. They won the game easily and with style; however, the crowd booed the referee and threw empty bottles on the field because of a dubious call.
Cindy: That's better:-)
Sara: You still haven't fixed those little errors;-)
Jeff: There's a little agreement error here, and you need to check the punctuation.
The team were fantastic because they won the game easily and with style; however, the crowd booed the referee and threw empty bottles on the field due to a dubious call.
Sara: That's better:-)
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