Others may want
to take a scissors to it (TIME 4.12.78, p.66)
They will pump
less oil because they will need less revenues (TIME 12.3.79, p.26)
"I feel it is
critically important that we not let the crisis be used to prevent ... "
(TIME 16.4.79, p.30)
" ... led the
Justice Department to send him on Jan. 12, 1979, the first of two letters
..." (TIME
4.8.80, p.9)
"Not surprisingly,
he has found some ideas about leadership, ones that could help measure the
men running for president." (TIME 20.10.80,
p.35)
"Well, I'm still
where I was over the last 20 years." (quote Reagan, TIME 20.10.80, p.26)
His family moved
in 1936 to the steelworkers' village of Haussy, where the ... (TIME 1.6.81, p.7)
..., who had been
shot with him in that appalling moment in St Peter's Square. (TIME 1.6.81, p.10)
When one embarks
on elaborate multiple fantasies of ifs, he enters abstract forests of luck
and chance, ... (TIME 27.4.81, p. 35)
Gimbel dove through
a cloud of rising air bubbles to the ship. (TIME 14.9.81, p.24)
Typical is the
example of an advanced mobile telephone. (TIME 25.1.82, p.46)
Even the still
lifes of that great master ... (TIME 21.12.81,
p.51)
Hints of a deal
with Nicaragua ... (subtitle in TIME 6.6.83)
"... You used
not to have a moustache, used you?" he asked after a time.
(Evelyn Waugh, Decline and Fall, Penguin 1972
(1928), p. 207)
Throughout the
island, pedestrians and motorcyclists sport surgical masks to protect them
from noxious exhaust fumes. (Newsweek 1.9.86,
p.26)
for its efforts
TAAT won last year the "Europa Nostra" award from the Council of Europe ...
(Newsweek 8.9.86, p.28)
The griping has
forced to postpone until October its final letter of confirmation. (NW Aug.8,1994, p. 45)
The spirit in
which the network was built you can still see in the network today. (NW Aug.8, 1994, p.47)
What signifies
the dog that barked in the night? (NW Aug.29, 94,
p.25)
Curiouser and
curiouser (Newsweek Sept. 5, 1994, p.25
title)
Long before he
was made a cardinal, he published in Poland a book on human sexuality.
(Newsweek Sept. 12, 1994, p.20)
Other input devices
include light pens, ...; joysticks and mouses, which translate physical motion
into motion on a computer video display ("Computer,"
Microsoft Encarta 95)
The tortured statement
spoke volumes. (Newsweek
December 26, 1994, p. 12)
Our newborns are
immediately swathed in plastic diapers adorned with little Mickey Mouses
(Newsweek August 14, 1995, p.21)
These funds they
selectively give to loyal candidates or factions. (Newsweek March 4, 96, p. 33)
That they won´t
be able to do; ... (Newsweek March 18, 1996, p.
22)
For 700 years
this northeast corner of Iberia has flourished when Barcelona ruled it, and
languished when its fate was decided in Madrid. (Newsweek
May 20, 1996, p. 10)
... techno‑fanzines
like Frontpage advised last year their readers not to waste their
money on pale imitations. Newsweek
May 13, 1996, p.48
Much of the technical
knowledge Gordon learned as a volunteer on a small‑town ambulance team. Newsweek June 10, 1996, p.21
What remain of
the old culture are young women who dress like geisha and train for three
months to be entertainers at parties. (Newsweek
September 2, 1996, p. 46)
And so he offers
gestures instead, the appearance of busyness. (Newsweek
September 9, 1996, p.4)
Lionel Jospin,
the French Prime Minister, has made clear that work on European employment
would advance more quickly (The Times (Internet)
Sept.30, 1998: France seeks to save Bonn links)
Compulsory English
grammar tests for 14‑year‑olds have been cancelled next year after teachers
said they did not know how to teach sentence construction
(The Times 13.8.97)
Harrods loses
one of its four Royal Warrants yesterday (The Times (Internet)
January 14, 2000, front page)
Each
of the sentences contains an example of what I would spontaneously mark as
a mistake.
1. Find these “mistakes”
2.
Then explain how these forms and expressions may be justified when used by
a native speaker.