Changes

Part A: Correct the errors in the following:

Part A: Correct the errors in the following:

1.Asparagus is the best vegetable, but in public school most kids eat candy rather than good food. If you eat better than they do, then you will become healthier than them. 



1.Asparagus is the best vegetable, but in public school most kids eat candy rather than good food. If you eat better than they do, then you will become healthier than them.  

:"healthier than they" (not "them").  (Minus 1).

:"healthier than they" (not "them").  (Minus 1).

2. Congress' problem is that it is too weak. By worrying so much about what the public thinks, Washington, D.C. does us all a disservice. 



2. Congress' problem is that it is too weak. By worrying so much about what the public thinks, Washington, D.C. does us all a disservice.  

:OK.

:OK.

:Changed the meaning by replacing "unique" with "most meaningful."  (Minus 1).  Rest is good.

:Changed the meaning by replacing "unique" with "most meaningful."  (Minus 1).  Rest is good.

 

4. Someone needs to clean up this mess, and they had better do it before the owner gets here. "Get your garbage out of here now," the owner wrote on a note. 



4. Someone needs to clean up this mess, and they had better do it before the owner gets here. "Get your garbage out of here now," the owner wrote on a note.  

:"Someone" -> "they" is a mistake.  Better:  "Someone" -> "he".  (Minus 1).

:"Someone" -> "they" is a mistake.  Better:  "Someone" -> "he".  (Minus 1).

5. I am determined to catch all the errors this time. I am not going to make any more mistakes! Do you think I like being ridiculed? 
        


5. I am determined to catch all the errors this time. I am not going to make any more mistakes! Do you think I like being ridiculed?          

:Good.

:Good.