Swimming Strokes by Lee Carroll
Paragraph 4: One of the most easiest strokes for people who are just learning to swim are the backstroke because the swimmer does not put their faces in the water. Your nose and mouth stay above the water, and they can breathe naturally. To do a backstroke, lie supine in the water, do a flutter kick to propel you through the water, and move your arms backward though the water in a windmill fashion to pull yourself. This stroke may seem comfortable and it is easy to do, but it has one major drawback: You couldn't see where you are going. How many errors are there in paragraph 4 relating to subject-verb agreement, parallelism, and pronoun-antecedent agreement because the errors in this passage range from 0 to 3 errors and nothing more than 3 errors?
I found errors such as
just learning to swim are
does not put their faces
and they can
it is easy to do
You couldn't
Are these correct?
If you don't label those errors, I cannot tell. I will not guess at what you're thinking.
Yes, you have correctly identified all the errors in paragraph 4 relating to subject-verb agreement, parallelism, and pronoun-antecedent agreement. Here's a breakdown of the errors you found and why they are incorrect:
1. "just learning to swim are" - The verb "are" does not agree in number with the subject "people." It should be "just learning to swim is."
2. "does not put their faces" - The pronoun "their" does not agree in number with the singular noun "swimmer." It should be "he or she does not put his or her face."
3. "and they can" - While it is not a grammatical error, this sentence lacks parallelism. It would be more parallel if it read "and can breathe naturally."
4. "it is easy to do" - The pronoun "it" does not have a clear antecedent. It should be "the backstroke is easy to do."
5. "You couldn't" - The use of "you" as the subject is inconsistent with the rest of the paragraph, which is written in the third person. It should be "one couldn't."
Therefore, there are a total of 5 errors in paragraph 4, as opposed to the given range of 0 to 3 errors.