There are 3 errors in this sentence, can you help find them, please:
The district attorney want to see every accusation ever made against a living priest.
"Even if it was triple hearsay, let me decide", said Stephanie Anderson, the district attorney of Cumberland County: who said she intended to follow their transfers from parish to parish.
The district attorney wants to see every accusation ever made against a living priest. "Even if it was triple hearsay, let me decide," said Stephanie Anderson, the district attorney of Cumberland County, who said she intended to follow their transfers from parish to parish.
want --> wants or wanted
", --> ,"
: --> ,
(this is a bad sentence anyway. it should be completely reworded.)
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Original sentence: The district attorney want to see every accusation ever made against a living priest. "Even if it was triple hearsay, let me decide," said Stephanie Anderson, the district attorney of Cumberland County: who said she intended to follow their transfers from parish to parish.
1. Error 1: Subject-verb agreement in the main sentence
Correction: "want" should be changed to "wants" to match the singular subject "the district attorney."
2. Error 2: Incorrect punctuation after the opening quotation mark
Correction: The comma (,) should be moved inside the quotation mark (",").
3. Error 3: Incorrect punctuation after "Cumberland County"
Correction: The colon (:) should be changed to a comma (,).
Revised sentence: The district attorney wants to see every accusation ever made against a living priest. "Even if it was triple hearsay, let me decide," said Stephanie Anderson, the district attorney of Cumberland County, who said she intended to follow their transfers from parish to parish.
It is worth noting that in addition to the errors mentioned, the structure and clarity of this sentence could be improved. However, since we were specifically asked to find the errors, we have corrected those errors while keeping the original sentence structure intact.