Can you please tell me what is wrong with this sentence. My teacher underlined it and I can't figure out what is wrong with it. Thank you.
With the results of the election in, Andrew Jackson led in the popular and electoral votes, yet did have the majority of the electoral votes. Thank You.
You are saying that 1) he led in the popular and electoral votes and 2) he had the majority of electoral votes. It doesn't make sense.
Are you trying to say that although he led in popular vote, he did not have the majority of electoral votes?
In the election of 1860, the _______ won the electoral votes of all the free states, except a fraction of the New Jersey votes.
In the sentence you provided, there is an error with the phrase "did have the majority of the electoral votes." The correct phrasing would be "did not have the majority of the electoral votes."
To identify the error, you need to understand the concept of negation. In this case, the author is trying to state that Andrew Jackson did not have the majority of the electoral votes. However, they incorrectly used the word "did" before "have," which creates a positive statement instead of a negative one.
To fix this error, you simply need to add the word "not" after the word "did" to indicate negation. The corrected sentence would be:
"With the results of the election in, Andrew Jackson led in the popular and electoral votes, yet did not have the majority of the electoral votes."
By recognizing the mistake and understanding the concept of negation, you can successfully identify and correct the error in the sentence.