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7. A partnership among two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there was some complaints about noise levels.

A. among two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there was
B. among two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there will be
C. between two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there were
D. between two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there was
E. among two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there were

 

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A partnership among two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there was some complaints about noise levels.

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Grammar issues presented:

pronoun agreement : This sentence contains the wrong idiom: among. Among is used for describing groups of three or more. Between is used for two parties. Since there are two neighborhoods, between is appropriate.
subject/verb agreement: The subject of the second half of the sentence is complaints (plural). Therefore, the verb was should be made plural as well: were.

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  1. among two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there was
    Idiom: among
    Correct: NO
    Subject/Verb agreement: NO

  2. among two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there will be
    Idiom: among
    Correct: NO
    Subject/Verb agreement: YES
    Additional errors: will be = future tense!

  3. between two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there were
    Idiom: between
    Correct: YES
    Subject/Verb agreement: YES

  4. between two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there was
    Idiom: between
    Correct: YES
    Subject/Verb agreement: NO

  5. among two neighborhoods, the street fair was very successful, although there were
    Idiom: among
    Correct: NO
    Subject/Verb agreement: YES

(C) corrects both idiom and subject/verb agreement problems.

 
 
 


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Q.8 Medium