Correct the errors in the following sentence
While I had arrived in Paris neither the bus or the trains was running, the following day the buses ran and trains had been started to move later at the afternoon.
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When I arrived in Paris neither the buses nor the trains were running; the following afternoon, however, both had started to move.
When I arrived in Paris neither buses nor the trains were running,the buses ran the following day and later at afternoon the trains started to moved.
When I arrived in Paris neither buses nor the trains were running,the buses ran the following day and later at afternoon the trains started to move.SORRY it is "move" not moved.
When I arrived in Paris neither buses nor the trains were running;the buses ran the following day and later at the afternoon the trains started to move.
ABBY: A grammatically good sentnece, but note that the meaning has changed a little;-)
UZMA: Good--you caught your mistake; now check punctuation and preposition usage;-)
UZMA: You've caught the one punctuation error, but there is another one, and the preposition problem is still there;-)
When I arrived in Paris neither the buses nor the trains were running; later that afternoon, however, the trains started to move with the buses joining in later that day.
ABBY: Even better:-)
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