SG08 7 Sept 2023 by Jocelyn Chen https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k en-us 2023-09-07 08:23:47 UTC 2023-09-07 09:31:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Task 2 Qn1 (Nabillah) https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688411229 The teacher is angry with Peter as he is more than half an hour late for the test, he went out for a late night movie yesterday. 

But I do prefer this manner: (unsure if that is allowed, let alone if it is correct😅)
Peter went out for a late night movie yesterday, thus, he is more than half an hour late for the test, making his teacher angry. 

The teacher is angry with Peter for being more than half an hour late for the test because he went out for a late night movie yesterday. 

]]> 2023-09-07 08:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688411229 Task 1 Qn4: when we plan to study or work abroad; we should always get as much information as possible. https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688411954 error type: comma splice (punctuation)
correction: when we plan to study or work abroad, we should always get as much information as possible. 


]]> 2023-09-07 08:29:24 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688411954 Task 1 - Question1 (Wei Hao) https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688411987 With some effort, people who come from different cultural backgrounds can live in harmony, there is no question about that.

Error Type: Sentence Fragment x (run-on sentence)
Correction: With some effort, people who come from different cultural backgrounds can live in harmony. There is no question about that. 

OR

harmony; there is no question about that. ]]> 2023-09-07 08:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688411987 TASK 2 :QUESTION 3 https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688412612 Culturally less competent people are sometimes terrified as they have to communicate with others who could be very different from them in culture and worldview.However, there is a growing number of contacts at work with people of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
(Varshini)

Since there is a growing number of contacts at work with people of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, culturally less competent people are sometimes terrified as they have to communicate with others who could be very different from them in culture and worldview.

With the growing number of contacts at work with people of different linguistic and cultural backgrounds, culturally less competent people are sometimes terrified as/ because they have to communicate with others who could be very different from them in culture and worldview.]]> 2023-09-07 08:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688412612 Task1 - Qn 3: Yan Yi https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688414084 Original sentence: Although it was suitable at that time because of the war, poor productivity and so on. But we do not need this practice now.
Error type: run on error (sentence fragment)
Sentence correction: Although it was suitable at that time because of the war, poor productivity, and so on. But we do not need this practice now 

poor productivity and so on, we do not need this practice now ]]> 2023-09-07 08:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688414084 Luke's answer https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688415098 From lecture 4 Post-viewing learning tasks Q2

Question: Decide whether the following sentences are correct or wrong. Correct the wrong ones.
"There are more than one in three marriages will end in divorce."

Answer: More than one in three marriages will end in divorce.

Reason for mistake: "There are" is redundant in this case. Removing the "there are" can still address the same meaning. ]]> 2023-09-07 08:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688415098 Main Task - Question 5 (Wei Hao) https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416124 The people whom I have met them in my class are very friendly.

Correction: The people whom I have met in my class are very friendly.]]> 2023-09-07 08:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416124 Lecture 4 Main task qn 7: Yan Yi https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416300 Original sentence: Summer is the time we like to travel because the weather is much more enjoyable and the days are longer.

Corrected sentence: Summer is the time when/ during which we like to travel because the weather is much more enjoyable, and the days are longer. ]]> 2023-09-07 08:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416300 Lecture 4 Qn 8: This is the shop I brought the lovely doughnuts this afternoon. https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416588 correction: This is the shop where/ from which I brought the lovely doughnuts this afternoon. 

~jerica ]]> 2023-09-07 08:32:07 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416588 Error Correction Q3 yiming https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416728 Whenever I get into a situation which it is hard to make a decision, I try to look at it from different perspectives. 

Correction: Whenever I get into a situation in which/ where it is hard to make a decision, I try to look at it from different perspectives.
]]> 2023-09-07 08:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416728 Lecture 3 Task 1 Q2. Even though many people do not like to face the fact racial discrimination is deeply rooted in their minds. https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416792
Error Type: Two Main Verb (sentence fragment)

Correction: Many people do not like to face the fact that racial discrimination is deeply rooted in their minds.

James]]> 2023-09-07 08:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688416792 Task 2- Qn 4 (Hui En) https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688417840 The Japanese mono-ethnic cultural identity may be threatened.
The forces of globalisation have had a profound impact on the nation.
Japan needs to consider how it would respond to such a situation.

The Japanese mono-ethnic cultural identity may be threatened due to the forces of globalisation have had a profound impact on the nation as such, Japan needs to consider how it would respond to such a situation. 


Japan needs to consider how it would respond to the profound impact of the forces of globalisation which is threatening its mono-ethnic cultural identity.


]]> 2023-09-07 08:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688417840 Lecture 4 Main Task Qn10 (Nabillah) https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688420547 Most young men in Singapore who have finished their secondary education are enlisted for National Service at the age of nineteen. ]]> 2023-09-07 08:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688420547 Main task Q4 fengyao https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688421224 Add a ‘to’ after key

The person whom I was supposed to return the key to is not home ]]> 2023-09-07 08:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688421224 Error correction 1 Yuanbo https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688421225 Alienation is noticable among people come from different cultural background.

It is wrong.

Alienation is noticable among people who come from different cultural background.
 ]]> 2023-09-07 08:35:39 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688421225 Lecture 4 Q6. I would like to know the reason he decided not to come. https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688421591 I would like to know the reason why he decided not to come.

James]]> 2023-09-07 08:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688421591 Task 2 qn 2 https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688422222 After I met three new business associates for breakfast, I was rather amused last Saturday because each had a very different style of communicating in terms of body language and gestures. 

-Yuki


I was rather amused last Saturday when I met three new business associates for breakfast because each had a very different style of communicating in terms of body language and gestures. 

I was rather amused last Saturday by the three new business associates whom I met for breakfast, because each had a very different style of communicating in terms of body language and gestures. ]]> 2023-09-07 08:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688422222 Lecture 3: Task 1 Qn 5 (Kamilia) https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688425058 Original sentence:
In order to graduate on time with the rest of his peers, he had to read six modules in the last semester. Which was not an optimal condition for his studies.

Error type: Run on sentence (sentence fragment)

Sentence correction:
In order to graduate on time with the rest of his peers, he had to read six modules in the last semester, which was not an optimal condition for his studies. 

]]> 2023-09-07 08:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688425058 Lecture 4 Main Task Qn 9 (Kamilia) https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688431927 Original sentence:
I grew up in a small town in Malaysia, life is much simpler and relatively stress free, and I would like to retire there someday.

Sentence correction:
I grew up in a small town in Malaysia where/ in which life was much simpler and relatively stress free and I would like to retire there someday. ]]> 2023-09-07 08:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/j_chen16/i407yxfu1chfd06k/wish/2688431927