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What are the common errors in these sentences?

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Whose that woman over there?

$500 is to expensive, I think.

Lucy said she seen the thieves running away.

I'm not sure weather to go or not.

They cooked the meal theirselves.

Do you like swimming

There is an error or errors in every one

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  1. WRONG: Whose that woman over there?

    RIGHT: *Who's* that woman over there?

    OR

    RIGHT: *Who is* that woman over there?

    WRONG: $500 is to expensive, I think.

    RIGHT: *Five hundred dollars* is *too* expensive, I think.

    WRONG: Lucy said she seen the thieves running away.

    RIGHT: Lucy said she *had* seen the thieves running away.

    WRONG: I'm not sure weather to go or not.

    RIGHT: I'm not sure *whether* to go or not.

    WRONG: They cooked the meal theirselves.

    RIGHT: They cooked the meal *themselves*.

    WRONG: Do you like swimming

    RIGHT: Do you like swimming*?*

    OR

    RIGHT: Do you like *to swim?*


  2. Whose that woman over there?

    Who is that woman over there?

    They cooked the meal theirselves.

    They cooked the meals themselves.

  3. Who is that woman over there?

    $500 is too expensive, I think.

    Lucy said she saw the thieves running away.

    I'm not sure whether to go or not.

    They cooked the meal themselves.

    Do you like swimming?

  4. Whose that woman over there?--Who is (or Who's) that woman over there?

    $500 is to expensive, I think.--Five hundred dollars is too expensive, I think.

    Lucy said she seen the thieves running away.--Lucy said she saw (or had seen) the thieves running away.

    I'm not sure weather to go or not.--I'm not sure whether to go or not.

    They cooked the meal theirselves.--*themselves*

    Do you like swimming--Do you like to go swimming?  (I am not sure the sentence as you wrote it is grammatically incorrect nowadays.)

  5. Here are the corrections

    1. Who be that ho?

    2. Five cecils is out of there dude.

    3. Gettin out of here ain't doin if fer me cuz.

    4. They did their own eats.

    5. Wan't to take a dip?

    Your a perfect example as to why home school doesnt work, if you cant figure these out without help.

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