1. He was shot in his left arm.

2. He shot the bird on the electricity line.

3. He shot shoulders of North Korea during the Korean War.

4. He is shooting the target on the field.

5. The country produces a variety of wheats.

6. The company produces steels.

7. The farm produces barly and chilies.

8. He produced eggplants and carrots on the farm.

9. The company produced three kinds of cars last year.

10. The car was produced in the company.

(Are the expressions all grammatical?)


Responses

English - GuruBlue, Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 7:20pm
#'s 3, 6 and 10 are incorrect.

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Thank you. Correct them,please.

1. He was shot in his left arm.

correct

2. He shot the bird on the electricity line.
correct

3. He shot shoulders of North Korea during the Korean War.
I think you mean "soldiers" not "shoulders."

4. He is shooting the target on the field.
Almost; he is shooting at the target...

5. The country produces a variety of wheats.
Almost; better to write "The country produces a variety of types of wheat."

6. The company produces steels.
It should be "steel" not "steels."

7. The farm produces barly and chilies.
"barley" and "chili"

8. He produced eggplants and carrots on the farm.
"eggplant and carrots"

9. The company produced three kinds of cars last year.
correct

10. The car was produced in the company.
"by the company" is better

Some nouns do not have plural forms. They imply plural or perhaps plural is all they are. "Wheat" and "steel" are two of these.

Certainly! Here are the corrected versions:

3. He shot at the shoulders of North Korea during the Korean War.
6. The company produces steel.
10. The car was produced by the company.

Explanation:

In sentence 3, we use the preposition "at" to indicate the target at which he shot.

In sentence 6, "steel" is an uncountable noun, so we use the singular form "produces" instead of "produces steels."

In sentence 10, we use the passive voice to indicate that the car was made or manufactured by the company. We use the preposition "by" in this construction.