Questions with answers 1. My sister likes wearing hat, dressing light clothes and to go to movies. Type of fault: Faulty parallelism Revised: My sister likes wearing hats, dressing in light clothes, and going to the movies. 2. My brother will visit us this weekend I will not have much time to study. Type of fault: Run-on sentence Revised: My brother will visit us this weekend, so I will not have much time to study. 3. I completed my essay, I have not submitted it. Type of fault: Comma splice Revised: I completed my essay, but I have not submitted it. 4. The supervisors told the workers that they would receive a bonus. Type of fault: Ambiguous pronoun reference Revised: The supervisors told the workers that the workers would receive a bonus. 5. All of the water are poured in to the jar. Type of fault: Subject-verb agreement Revised: All of the water is poured into the jar. 6. If someone wants to play games, you must follow the rules. Type of fault: Pronoun inconsistency Revised: If someone wants to play games, they must follow the rules. 7. When the children turned on the TV, a buzzing sound was heard. Type of fault: Passive voice Revised: When the children turned on the TV, they heard a buzzing sound. 8. Sitting under the apple tree, ants started to attack. Type of fault: Dangling modifier Revised: While I was sitting under the apple tree, ants started to attack. 9. Because the ruling party refused to hand over power. Type of fault: Sentence fragment Revised: Because the ruling party refused to hand over power, political unrest followed. 10. I bought a dress from the shop that costs 200 birr. Type of fault: Misplaced modifier Revised: I bought a 200-birr dress from the shop.