Sentence Correction
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Incorrect: I want your reply at once.
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Correct: I want a reply from you.
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Incorrect:I shall take your leave.
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Correct:I shall take leave of you.
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Incorrect:I hope to have your good report.
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Correct:I hope to have a good report of you.
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Incorrect:I cannot bear your separation.
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Correct: I cannot bear separation from you.
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Incorrect: Follow in the steps who is wise
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Correct: Follow in the steps of one who is wise.
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Incorrect: Let he and I go.
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Correct: Let him and me go.
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Incorrect: Whom are you speaking of?
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Correct: Who are you speaking of?
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Incorrect: Everyone except I was present.
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Correct: Everyone except me was present.
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Incorrect: There is trouble between he and I.
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Correct: There is trouble between him and me.
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Incorrect: He is the man who, they say, arrested.
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Correct: He is the man whom, they say, arrested.
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Incorrect: Do you know who you are speaking to?
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Correct: Do you know whom you are speaking to?
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Incorrect: The College of whose principal he was is a
renowned one.
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Correct: The College of which he was the Principal is a
renowned one.
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Incorrect: I saw the man whom they thought was dead.
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Correct: I saw the man who they thought was dead. Or, I saw the man whom they thought was
dead.
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Incorrect: He is stronger than me.
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Correct: He is stronger than I.
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Incorrect: This matter should be discussed strictly
between you and I.
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Correct: This matter should be discussed strictly between
you and me.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Sentence Correction
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