Correct the errors in the following sentence:
When I arrived in Paris neither the bus or the trains was running, the following day the buses were running and trains started to move later in the afternoon.
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When I arrived in Paris neither the buses nor the trains were running; the following day the buses were running and the trains started to move later in the afternoon.
When I arrived at Paris neither the bus or the train was running, the following day the bus was running and train started to move later in the afternoon.
When I arrived in Paris neither the bus or the train was running, the following day the bus were running and the train started to move later in the afternoon.
When I arrived in Paris neither the buses nor the trains were running; the following day the buses were running and the trains started moving later in the afternoon.
When I arrived in Paris, neither the buses nor the trains were running; the following day, the buses were running, and the trains started to move later in the afternoon.
When I arrived in Paris neither the bus nor the trains was running; the following day the buses were running and trains started to move later in the afternoon.
James and Sara: Pretty good; now remember the punctuation;-)
Shahinaz: You've made a start on this, now think about subject-verb agreement and the meaning of the sentence.
Andra: A good solution:-)
Pat et Marie: (who is actually responding?)you're on the right track; now think about the sense of the sentence and punctuation.
When I arrived in Paris neither the buses nor the trains was running. The following day, the buses were running but the trains started to move later in the afternoon.
When I arrived in Paris, neither the buses nor the trains were running; the following day, the buses were running and the trains started moving later in the afternoon.
Nadia: On the right track (check subject-verb agreement and punctuation).
Sara: There's still a little punctuation problem;-)
When I arrived in Paris, neither the buses nor the trains, were running; the following day, the buses were running and the trains started moving later in the afternoon.
When I arrived in Paris, neither the buses nor the trains were running. The following day, the buses were running but the trains started to move later in the afternoon.
Sara: Sorry; that's not it!
Nadia: You're getting closer;-)
When I arrived in Paris, neither the buses nor the trains, were running; the following day the buses were running and the trains started moving later in the afternoon.
When I arrived in Paris, neither the buses nor the trains were running. The following day, the buses were running but the trains started moving later in the afternoon.
Sara and Nadia: You're both close--think punctuation;-)
When I arrived in Paris, neither buses nor trains were running; the following day, buses ran and trains started to move later in the afternoon.
Kelly: Very good:-)
When I arrived in Paris, neither the buses nor the trains were running. The following day, the buses were running, but the trains started moving later in the afternoon.
Nadia: Good!
When I arrived in Paris, neither the buses nor the trains, were running. The following day, the buses were running and the trains started moving later in the afternoon.
Sara: You'll have to wait for the answer;-)
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