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Peter Simon Error Log

Assignment 1:
Sentences with Errors

Description of Error/
Correction Symbol
article

Explanation and
Remarks
there is no article before
subordinating
conjunctions

Correction

The professor compared


multiple tests and found
they share too much
similarities

countable vs.
uncountable nouns

the noun similarities is


countable

the professor compared


multiple tests and found
they share too many
similarities

As of today Professor
Plat has not commented
the case

missing preposition

the verb comment


needs an on after the
verb

As of today Professor
Plat has not commented
on the case

Another Dean became


involved in the process,
Michael D. Smith who
sent mails to the faculty
and to the students facing
investigation. If found
guilty students will
experience harsh
measures such as
expulsion and
prohibition.

Word order

The if found guilty


refers to the who in the
previous sentence

Students and faculty were


sent mails by Michael D.
Smith, Dean of Faculty
of Arts and Science. The
letter informed them that
students found guilty
would face harsh
disciplinary measures.

The Dean claimed that


the while the university
usually does not inform
the public...

The Dean claimed that


while the university
usually does not inform
the public...

Assignment 2:
Sentences with Errors

Description of Error/
Correction Symbol
singular-plural

Explanation and
Remarks
pressure is singular

Correction

not only the pay gap...it


fell to 69%...significant it

too many it

the word it refers to is


lost during the sentences

one of the countries..are

singular-plural

is comes not are

not only the pay gap


the earning fell to 69%...
the significance of the
gap is..
one of the countries...is

The gender ratio while a


useful indicator for
gender equality, it

it does not refer


explicitly to gender
ration

replace it with gender


ratio and move the
comma

while a useful indicator


for gender equality, the
gender ratio fails.

The report suggests


that...

the source is not


introduced before the
sentence

the reference of the word


report is unclear

The annual United


Nations report suggests
that...

The post communist


Russia failed to...

no need for article before


the word post

generally there is not


Post communist Russia
articles in front of
failed to...
country names with a few
exceptions

Sentences with Errors

Description of Error/
Correction Symbol

Explanation and
Remarks

Correction

People living in
Western societies take
many of the inventions
of our age granted.

Missing preposition in
before granted

take something for


granted

People living in Western


societies take many of the
inventions of our age for
granted.

The cultural pressure are

The cultural pressure is

Assignment 3:

In the recent years the


world has seen

no need for article before


the word recent

sentence is less wordy


without the article

In recent years the world


has seen...

The way the new


media contributed was
the ability to show
what the regimes is
doing to the people.

subject verb agreement

regimes is plural not


singular

The way the new media


contributed was the
ability to show what the
regimes are doing to the
people.

Social media was the


most important
invention of the past
decade.

the claim is too strong,


needs to be hedged

replacing most
important with a hedge
that is weaker

Social media might be


one of the most important
invention of the past
decade.

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