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The following passage
contains 10 mistakes, such as grammatical errors, wrong prepositions and
conjunctions. Correct the mistakes and rewrite the correct version of this
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The Antarctica is as large as the
United States. More than 90 percent of Antarctica is
(1)
covering with massive ice. It is
(2) interestingly to
know that in some places the ice (3) are thousands of
feet thick. (4) By the last ice age, the coastline of
Antarctica has shifted slightly with the passing of time because
the ice has been (5) melted gradually. Global warming has
also (6) speed up the process. Antarctica icebergs,
either stay close to the continent or (7) drifting away.
Icebergs from Greenland that have drifted
(8) in the
Atlantic Ocean are threats to ships (9) sail between
North America and Europe. In 1912, the Titanic was
(10) sank
by such icebergs. |
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1. covered 2.
interesting
3. is 4. Since 5. melting
6. speeded 7. drift 8. into
9. sailing 10. sunk |
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The Antarctica is as large as the United States. More than 90
percent of Antarctica is covered
with massive ice. It is interesting
to know that in some places the ice is
thousands of feet thick. Since
the last ice age, the coastline of Antarctica has shifted
slightly with the passing of time because the ice has been
melting gradually. Global
warming has also speeded up
the process. Antarctica icebergs, either stay close to the
continent or drift away.
Icebergs from Greenland that have drifted
into the Atlantic Ocean are threats to ships
sailing between North
America and Europe. In 1912, the Titanic was
sunk by such icebergs. |
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