Tuesday, November 13, 2007

GRAMMAR QUESTION, Nov. 13th

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

The art work was stunned: not only were the colours bright but each of the many paintings were creative, individualistic and showed originality.

Remember that there is more than one possible correct answer.

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12 comments:

Anonymous said...

The art work was stunning; not only were the colors bright but each of the many paintings were creative, individualistic and original.

Anonymous said...

The artwork was stunning; each unique painting used bright colours, was creative, and showed originality.

Unknown said...

The art work is stunning: each of the many paintings is creative, individualistic, and original using bright colours.

Veronica Baig said...

Sara: A good solution:-)
Nadia: Yes, but a little too much change.
Seiko: I don't know why you changed the verb tense, and moving "bright colours" is a little awkward.

Anonymous said...

The art work was stunning; not only were the colours bright, but each of the many paintings were creative, individual and original.

Anonymous said...

Correcting a mistake in my previous post:

The art work was stunning; not only were the colours bright, but each of the many paintings was creative, individual and original.

Anonymous said...

The art work was stunning: not only were the colours bright, but each of the many paintings was creative, individualistic and showed originality.

Veronica Baig said...

Kelly: That's a nice way of doing it:-)
Andra: Good.

The BlueScreener said...

The art work was stunning; not only were the colors bright, but each of the many paintings were creative, individualistic and original.

Veronica Baig said...

James: Good apart from an agreement error;-)

Anonymous said...

The art work was stunning; not only were the colors bright, but each of the many paintings was creative, individualistic, and showed creativity.

Veronica Baig said...

Bernie: Good work!