On your paper, rewrite the following sentences that contain errors in the use of modifiers. Write "correct" if a sentence contains no errors.
1. Winter visits only one hemisphere, northern and southern, at a time.
2. In December, January, February, and March, the Northern Hemisphere is farther from the sun, which thus cannot warm it good.
3. Therefore, winter comes to just the Northern Hemisphere then.
4 The term "winter" is used just to indicate one climatic season.
5. Winter only comes once a year in each hemisphere.
6. Some people people react bad to the shorter days and weaker sunlight of winter.
7. Because areas near the equator are nearly always the same distance from the sun, they have less colder days than anywhere else.
8. If you time your travel plans good, you can arrange to be in summer all year around.
9. Of course, some people could consider year-round summer to be a bad idea.
My revisions to these sentences are the following:
1. Correct
2. In December, January, February, and March, the Northern Hemisphere is farther from the sun, which thus cannot warm it well.
3. Correct
4. The term "winter" is used to indicate just one climatic season.
5. Correct
6. Some people people react badly to the shorter days and weaker sunlight of winter.
7. Because areas near the equator are nearly always the same distance from the sun, they have fewer colder days than anywhere else.
8. If you time your travel plans well, you can arrange to be in summer all year around.
9. Correct
Are my answers correct?
I question # 1. I think it should be northern OR southern . . .
I agree with your other answers.
1. Correct - No errors in the use of modifiers.
2. In December, January, February, and March, the Northern Hemisphere is farther from the sun, which thus cannot warm it well.
Explanation: The error in this sentence is the use of "good" instead of "well" to describe how the sun warms the Northern Hemisphere. In this context, "good" should be replaced with "well" as it is the adverb that modifies the verb "warm".
3. Correct - No errors in the use of modifiers.
4. The term "winter" is used to indicate just one climatic season.
Explanation: The original sentence is missing the word "just" which emphasizes that the term "winter" refers to only one climatic season.
5. Correct - No errors in the use of modifiers.
6. Some people react badly to the shorter days and weaker sunlight of winter.
Explanation: The error in this sentence is the use of "bad" instead of "badly" to describe how some people react to the shorter days and weaker sunlight of winter. In this context, "badly" should be used as it is the adverb that modifies the verb "react".
7. Because areas near the equator are nearly always the same distance from the sun, they have fewer colder days than anywhere else.
Explanation: The error in this sentence is the use of "less" instead of "fewer" to describe the number of colder days. "Less" is used for uncountable nouns, while "fewer" is used for countable nouns.
8. If you time your travel plans well, you can arrange to be in summer all year round.
Explanation: The error in this sentence is the use of "good" instead of "well" to describe how you time your travel plans. In this context, "well" should be used as it is the adverb that modifies the verb "time".
9. Correct - No errors in the use of modifiers.