Frequently Made Errors

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Frequently Made Errors

• 1/7/2003

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Syntax

• For some old-school hip-hoppers, like Adissa, one
  of the most famous hip-hop columnists, he claims,
  Hip Hop is a soulful expression from
  theirwhose? hearts. And the meaning of
  expression here is black pain, black
  struggle, which means that races havent been
  extremely discriminated or abused may hardly
  equip with the essential soul for Hip Hop.

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Syntax (rev)

• Adissa, an old-school hip-hopper as well as one
  of the most famous hip-hop columnists, claims
  that hip Hop is a soulful expression from
  theirAfrican? hearts it is an expression of
  black pain, black struggle, which the races
  without the history or experience of
  discrimination cannot possibly make.

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Syntax

• (there was . . . ) And its not hard to find a
  clue if we look at the backstage of Hip Hop back
  to 1980s, there was an African-American trio
  called Fat Boys, who made a breakthrough in
  terms of corporate support and national exposure
  for Hip Hop by winning major commercial
  endorsement and a chance to appear in a national
  television spot. The members of this group were
  three unimpressive overweight Brooklyn boys, what
  surprising was its manager, a white businessman,
  Charles Stettler, who successfully turned those
  commoners into hip-hop stars.

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Syntax (rev.)

• And its not hard to find a clue if we look at
  the backstage of Hip Hop back in 1980s, an
  African-American trio called Fat Boys made a
  breakthrough in terms of corporate support and
  national exposure for Hip Hop by winning major
  commercial endorsement and a chance to appear in
  a national television spot. The members of this
  group were three unimpressive overweight Brooklyn
  boys it was its manager, a white businessman,
  Charles Stettler, that successfully turned those
  commoners into hip-hop stars.

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Syntax (use of verbs)

• Is capturing and killing stray dogs can really
  solve all the problems?
• . . . those irresponsible owners, who are the
  ones make them become poor stray dogs wandering
  on the streets.

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Syntax (rev.)

• Can capturing and killing stray dogs really solve
  all the problems?
• . . . those irresponsible owners, who are the
  ones to have made them become poor stray dogs
  wandering on the streets.

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Syntax (and-parallelism)

• First of all, the residents believe as long as
  the casino is built it can attract a lot of
  tourists and is thus economically profitable.

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Syntax (and-parallelism)

• First of all, the residents believe that the
  casino is economically profitable because it can
  attract a lot of tourists.

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Syntax (which)

• For candidates who may really have limited
  campaign budget, there are some other promotional
  methods, which they can work on, such as sending
  out tissue and hats. In comparison with paper and
  flag promotion, they are apparently more useful
  and beneficial

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Syntax (which) (rev.)

• For candidates who may really have limited
  campaign budget, there are some other promotional
  methods, which they can work on, such as sending
  out tissues and hats. In comparison with paper
  and flag promotion, they are definitely more
  useful and thus beneficial.

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Usage

• We had an emergency meeting and adjusted our
  three-days plan a little.
• The movies should relate to the two great
  writers.
• We try to make up the problem by expelling stray
  dogs or just put them to death.
• Peng-Hu has suffered economic problems for a long
  time. . . . Therefore they wish to get rid of
  poor living conditions as soon as possible

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Usage (rev.)

• We had an emergency meeting and adjusted our
  three-day plan a little.
• The movies should be related to the two great
  writers.
• We try to solve the problem by expelling stray
  dogs or just putting them to death.
• Peng-Hu has suffered from economic problems for a
  long time. . . . Therefore they wish to improve
  their living conditions as soon as possible

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Usage Tone

• If the girl decides to have an abortion, she
  must face some physical and psychological
  problems. Therefore, in order to avoid the
  happening of these problems we can see that
  student couples are not really mature and old
  enough to cohabit during the studies.

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Usage (rev.)

• If the girl decides to have an abortion, which
  has to be illegal, she will very likely face some
  physical or psychological problems. Therefore,
  in order to avoid the happening of these
  problems, its better to not cohabit when student
  couples are still in college and financially and
  emotionally not stable.

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Tense Voice

• (Redundancy) It is pity that one day we will lose
  our own culture and even cannot have our own
  self-identity in the future.
• Personally, I would rather follow the old rules
  holding just the English week, because it would
  be easier.

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Tense Voice (rev.)

• (Redundancy) It would be a pity if one day we
  lose our own cultural identity. in the future.
• Personally, I would rather follow the old
  tradition to hold just the English week, because
  it would have been easier.