Writing+Exercise+8

 listen [|here] WRITING EXERCISE 8: Correct the errors in grammar in the following passages. (The number in parentheses at the end of each paragraph indicates the number of errors in the paragraph.) 1. Paragraph ,... In this set of materials, the reading passage discusses attempt to deal with the problem of spelling in much words in American English;the listening passage explained why this attempt was not a successfully one. (4) )-- The reading passage explains that there is a problem in spelling a number of word in English where the spelling and pronunciation does not match; it then goes on to explain that philanthropist Andrew Carnegie made an efforts to resolve this. He gave an huge amount of dollars to establish a board calling the Simplified Spelling Board. As the name of a board indicates, its' purpose was to simplify the spellings of a words that are difficult to spell in English. Because of all of work that the board did, spellings like ax (instead of axe) and program (instead of programme) had become acceptable in American English. (11) ,.. The listening passage explain why the work of the Simplified Spelling Board does not last. According to the listening passage, the main reason for the board's problems were that it went too far. They tried to establish spellings like yu (instead of you) and tuff (instead of tough). There was a real negative reaction to the attempt to change spelling too much. and eventually the board was dissolving. (6) 270 Writing