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The following paragraph has not been edited. There is one error in each marked line. Write the error and its correction as shown in the example.
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I went to the pool then no one was there. The place being quiet A water was still, and the tiled bottom was so white and clean as a bathtub. I was timid for going in alone. |
Error | Correction |
| e.g then | when | |
| a)_______ | _______ | |
| b)_______ | _______ | |
| c)_______ | _______ | |
| d)_______ | _______ | |
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Solution
| Error | Correction | |
| a) | being | was |
| b) | A | The |
| c) | so | as |
| d) | for | about/of |
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