Sunday, August 25, 2013

spot the error

From here:

"But at 54 percent in a Gallup Korea survey and 61.1 percent in a Realmeter survey, [President Park's] ratings are now much higher than her two predecessors at the same point in their terms."

HINT: The problem isn't that there should be a comma after "Gallup Korea survey."

ADDENDUM: I've put the answer in the comments. No peeking!


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2 comments:

  1. Kevin KimAugust 25, 2013 at 10:01:00 PM GMT+9

    The problem is a faulty (or illogical) comparison. As written, the sentence is comparing ratings to predecessors, i.e., numbers to people. Can't do that.

    An easy solution presents itself: simply add an apostrophe after the "s" in "predecessors." Now you've got a logical comparison.

    Another, slightly more cumbersome, correction would be to add the phrase "those of" after "than."

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  2. Horace Jeffery HodgesAugust 26, 2013 at 5:06:00 AM GMT+9

    I figured that the crux of the biscuit was the apostrophe.

    Jeffery Hodges

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