Winston Grammar
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13. ADVANCED LEVEL GRAMMAR ERRATA AND HELPS:
The current (2007) edition has only one error found (so far):
Worksheet 31, Sentence 10: The word "I" is ellipsed and should be placed in parentheses as the sentence correctly reads (I) thank you...

Depending on which older edition you have, some of these errors may be encountered:
Teacher Manual, Page 8: the words "apply", "are chosen", "will be" should be double underlined.
Teacher Manual, Page 10: the word "gave" should be double underlined.
Teacher Manual, Page 11: the word "lawn" should be circled; it is a direct object.
Teacher Manual, Page 15: the word "problem" should have an "S" over "it";it is the subject.
Teacher Manual, Page 24: The second sentence should read: "Worksheet 69 provides differentiating the independent clause from the dependent clause."
Teacher Manual, Page 25: the last example should read [Bob sulked about it] ; [we ignored.... the bracket should not include the semi-colon which is a coordinating conjunction.
Worksheet 35, sentence 8: "here" should be underlined.
Worksheet 35, sentence 10: "Hey" should have an exclamation mark over it;"knew" and had" should have a double underline; "brother" should have a single line under it.
Worksheet 45, sentence 3: "taxes" should have a S over it for subject.
Worksheet 45, sentence 4: "pictures" should have an O.P. over it; "wall" should be underlined and have an O.P. over it; "yours" should have pron. over it and an S over that; "best" should have an adj. over it with an arrow to "yours".
Worksheet 52, sentence 1: the "n't" should have and adv over it and an arrow to "can".
Worksheet 54, sentence 9: "dog" should have an "S" over it for subject.
Worksheet 56, sentence 4: "Dress" should have an "S" over it.
Worksheet 61, sentence 8: "The latest printing has changed this sentence from previous editions as it was much too complex a sentence. If you have an older student workbook, you may want to change the student workbook sentence to match the current edition's sentence: "Before relaxing, the mowing must be finished."
Worksheet 64, the example: "Sara" should have an "S" over it; it is a subject.
Worksheet 67, sentence 1: there should be a "]" after "arrived".
Worksheet 68, sentence 8: "this" should not be double-underlined.
Worksheet 76, sentence 4: there should NOT be a bracket around "whatever help"; this is not a clause. "Help" is simply a direct object and "whatever" is an adj. modifying "help".
Worksheet 79, sentence 4: the "2" should be circled, not the "3".
Worksheet 81, sentence 6: The "3" should be circled instead of the "2".

Student Workbook:
Worksheet 45: Instructions should include "Indicate noun functions".
Worksheet 45, sentence 2: should read "...his last name starts...".
Worksheet 73, sentence 5: should read "A senator whom we respect...". If your student puts the whom as an ellipsis, give him/her a pat on the back!

Quiz for Worksheets 41-75, sentence 1: should read "...who gave me..."

Solutions for difficult sentences:
Worksheet 56, sentence 10: "was flattered" is a passive verb as in the sentence "The tree was trimmed by the man."
Worksheet 66, sentence 3: the subject "rest" could be singular or plural, so which is the correct verb form for "finish"? Because the object of the preposition "of" is plural, it indicates that "rest" is plural, consequently, "finish" is correct. If "rest" had been singular, then "finishes" would be correct.
Worksheet 67, sentence 6: "was truly amazed..." is a passive verb as in worksheet 56.

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