Tuesday, April 22, 2008

GRAMMAR QUESTION, April 22nd

Correct the errors in the following sentence:

Samirs always been borrowing his car to his brother who’s lending it while his old model car is in the garage for repairing.

Remember that there is more than one possible correct answer.

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8 comments:

dececcokm said...

Samirs always been borrowing his car to his brother who’s lending it while his old model car is in the garage for repairing.

While Samir's car is in the garage for repairs, his brother loaned Samir his car.

???

saraw said...

Samirs is always lending his car to his brother who lets him borrow it while his old model is in the garage for repairs.

dececcokm said...

Samir is always lending his car to his brother while his brothers older model is in the garage for repairs.

Veronica Baig said...

dececcokom: Is that Kayleigh? #1--You have a reasonable sentence, but you seem to have switched whose car is in the garage;-)#2--that's much better:-)
Sara: You're on the right track here.Check punctuation and word form.

dececcokm said...

Yes this is Kayleigh, I realized after that I had switched whose car was in the Garage

Jeff said...

Samir is lending his car to his brother, who has been borrowing the car while his old model car is in the garage for repairs.

Jeff said...

Samir has been lending his car to his brother, who is borrowing the car while his car is in the garage for repairs.

Veronica Baig said...

Jeff: the second one is better because it is a little briefer; but not that you have changed the "time" in these answers.