Correct the errors in the following sentence:
There were a lot of applause at the Oscars and they had rose the most when the winner of the best movie had been announced.
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There was a lot of applause at the Oscars, and it rose the most when the winner of the best movie had been announced.
When the winner of the best movie was announced at the Oscars, there was a lot of applause and many people rose to their feet.
Kerry: Close--check verb tense. PS--who is your tutor so that I can make sure your participation is recognized?
Cindy: Also close, but you need to check punctuation;-)
Hi Veronica - how is this?
When the winner of the best movie was announced at the Oscars, there was a lot of applause, and many people rose to their feet.
Hi Veronica, My tutor is Cara.
How is this?
There was a lot of applause at the Oscars, and it rose to the highest level when the winner of the best movie was announced.
There was a lot of applause at the Oscars that mostly increased when the winner of the best movie was announced.
Cindy: Great:-)
Kerry: Very good:-)
Sara: Yes, but when you introduce the word "mostly", you change the meaning slightly;-)
There was a lot of applause at the Oscars that increased to a high level when the winner of the best movie was announced.
Sara: That's better.
At the Oscars, there were a lot of applause; they rosed the most when the winner of the best movie was announced.
Carole: You need to think about count and non-count nouns; these issues affect both pronoun and verb agreement;-)
At the Oscars, the audience rose in applause when the winner of the best movie was announced.
Matt: That's grammatically correct, but notice that you have changed the meaning--who or what rose?
There was a lot of applause at the Oscars; spefically, when the winner of the best movie was announced, and the crowd rose.
Jeff: Like Matt, you have change the meaning with this interpretation. Also note that you need to check spelling and punctuation;-)
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