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EXERCISE 10-ERROR ANALYSIS: Many, but not all, of the following sentences contain
mistakes in the word order of modifiers. Find and correct the mistakes. Make
changes in the use of a and an as necessary.
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1. Ms. Lane has .Ilrnnrl desk in her office.
2. She put the flowers in a blue glass vase. (no change)
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3. The Great Wall is a Chinese landmark famous. :. , '
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4. I read a newspaper article interesting this morning.
5. Spiro gave me a wonderful small black Greek box as a birthday present.
6. Alice reached down and put her hand in the mountain cold stream.
7. Pizza is my favorite food Italian.
8. There was a beautiful flower arrangement on the kitchen table.
9. Jack usually wears brown old comfortable shoes leather.
10. Gnats are black tiny insects.
1 1. I used a box brown cardboard to mail a gift to my sister.
12. Tony has a noisy electric fan in his bedroom window.
13. James is a middle-aged handsome man with brown short hair.
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