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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Sentence Correction

Sentence Correction
Incorrect: I want your reply at once.
Correct: I want a reply from you.             


Incorrect:I shall take your leave.
Correct:I shall take leave of you.


Incorrect:I hope to have your good report.
Correct:I hope to have a good report of you.


Incorrect:I cannot bear your separation.
Correct: I cannot bear separation from you.


Incorrect: Follow in the steps who is wise
Correct: Follow in the steps of one who is wise.


Incorrect: Let he and I go.
Correct: Let him and me go.


Incorrect: Whom are you speaking of?
Correct: Who are you speaking of?


Incorrect: Everyone except I was present.
Correct: Everyone except me was present.


Incorrect: There is trouble between he and I.
Correct: There is trouble between him and me.


Incorrect: He is the man who, they say, arrested.
Correct: He is the man whom, they say, arrested.


Incorrect: Do you know who you are speaking to?
Correct: Do you know whom you are speaking to?


Incorrect: The College of whose principal he was is a renowned one.
Correct: The College of which he was the Principal is a renowned one.


Incorrect: I saw the man whom they thought was dead.
Correct: I saw the man who they thought was dead.  Or, I saw the man whom they thought was dead.


Incorrect: He is stronger than me.
Correct: He is stronger than I.


Incorrect: This matter should be discussed strictly between you and I.
Correct: This matter should be discussed strictly between you and me.



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