Thursday, August 29, 2013

spot the error

From here:

Melbourne, Australia: Australia's second city may not have the glamour of Sydney, but its colonial heritage and multicultural dynamism more than compensates.

Typical SAT-style error.


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4 comments:

  1. Subject-verb agreement? ("colonial heritage and multicultural dynamism" are plural)

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  2. I wish I offered a prize for Most Frequent Commenter.

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  3. I have no idea what the statistics are like, but I'm pretty sure I would be able to claim a prize for "Most Drive-By Comments" (where someone comes along and leaves a quick succession of comments sprayed across a series of posts).

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