English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 53

See if you can locate and correct the ten sentence-skills mistakes in the following passage. The mistakes are listed in the box below. As you locate each mistake, write the number of the word group containing that mistake. Use the spaces provided. Then (on separate paper) correct the mistakes.
2 fragments _______ _________
2 run-ons _______ _________
1 mistake in pronoun point of view ________
1 apostrophe mistake ________
1 missing comma between two complete thoughts ________
1 missing quotation mark _______
1 missing comma between items in a series _______
1 misspelled word _________
My Ideal Date
1 Here are the ingredients for my ideal date, first of all, I would want to look as stunning as possible. 2 I would be dressed in a black velvet jumpsuit. 3 That would fit me like a layer of paint. 4 My accessories would include a pair of red satin spike heels a diamond hair clip, and a full-length black mink coat. 5 My boyfriend, Tony, would wear a sharply tailored black tuxedo, a white silk shirt, and a red bow tie. 6 The tux would emphasize Tony's broad shoulders and narrow waist, and you would see his chest muscles under the smooth shirt fabric. 7 Tony would pull up to my house in a long, shiney limousine, then the driver would take us to the most exclusive and glittery nightclub in Manhattan. 8 All eyes would be on us as we entered and photographers would rush up to take our picture for People magazine. 9 As we danced on the lighted floor of the club, everyone would step aside to watch us perform our moves. 10 After several bottles of champagne, Tony and I would head to the observation deck of the Empire State Building. 11 As we gazed out over the light's of the city, Tony would hand me a small velvet box containing a fifty- carat ruby engagement ring. 12 And ask me to marry him. 13 I would thank Tony for a lovely evening and tell him gently, "Tony, I don't plan to marry until I'm thirty.