Correct the errors in the following sentence overheard in the supermarket:
How many pops you got and how manys the same.
Remember that there is more than one possible correct answer.
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Rupinder,
How many pops do you have and how many are the same ?
How many pops do you have and how many are the same?
Ruoinder and Marie-Claude: Think punctuation and a grammar error;-)
Rupinder,
How many pop do you have and how many are the same?
How many pops do you have? How many are the same?
Rupinder,
How many pop do you have,and how many are the same?
Rupinder:You're on the right track with both of these answers, but there is yet another punctuation situation that you haven't thought through yet;-)
Carole: Yes, but you also need to think about another punctuation situation;-)
What about:
How many pop do you have; and how many are the same?
Carole: Sorry--no better. Don't use a semicolon before "and";-)
How many pop do you have; how many are the same?
Sorry, I would rather keep a question mark in the first cause.
How many pops do you have?; how many are the same?
Hi Carole: You can't have both a question mark and a semicolon! You're still missing the "problem", but I admire your persistence;-)
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