Story Error Identification and Correction
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EXERCISE: Read the following story carefully, identify errors and correct them. Copy the corrected version of the story.
It was the moment for whom everyone has been waiting for. The thunderous applause of the excited crowd feeled the air after the mayor's announcement. Ladies and gentlemen it gives me pleasure to present the community annual citizen of the year award to engineer Peter Emmem for his distinguished service to the community. The recipant rose on his foot and walked confidently toward the stage. This the moment for his parents had waited for all their life. That is to say to see their son become all they had envision for him. They proudly felt accomplished. Why the young man was growing up, his parents had made all the necessary sacrifices for him to become the engineer that he never was. His parents had labored at many jobs and had lived without the convinience of life in other for their son to attend the Advanced School of Engineering. This evening made their sacrifices worthwhile as their son has now brought honour and respect to the family. On this faithfully day, he asked the village to offer a sight where he would build a school of technology. The crowd applauded and rose on their feet. But the boy frowned his face because he accomplished his father's dream and not his own. He wanted to become a footballer.
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In this exercise, we are going to read through a short story, identify several grammatical and spelling errors, and then provide a corrected version of the text.
Proofreading Exercise
Let's look at the first few sentences. Notice the verb 'feel' in the first line. It should be 'filled'. Also, 'recipant' is a misspelling of 'recipient'.
1. ...excited crowd feeled the air -> filled
2. The recipant rose -> recipient
In the third sentence, the recipient rose on his 'foot'. Since humans have two, it should be plural, 'feet'. Next, look at 'envison'; it's missing an 'i' after the double-s.
3. rose on his foot -> feet
4. they had envison -> envisioned
A few lines down, we see the word 'convinience', which is misspelled. It should be spelled with an 'e' after the 'v'. Also, the word 'faithfully' describes the day, but 'fateful' is the correct term for an event that changes one's destiny.
5. without the convinience -> convenience
6. On this faithfully day -> fateful
Now, let's assemble the corrected story carefully. We will fix the spelling, verb tenses, and logical word choices.
Corrected Story
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