Question

bellringer response sheet: week 8
monday mistakes
correct the errors in the following paragraph.

if your thinking about asking a friend to make a pinky swear promise you might want to think again. the pinky swear first originated in japan and it was serious bussiness! known as yubikiri, witch translates to ‘finger cut-off’, it means that if you decide too make a pinky promise and dont keep it, you’ll have to cut off you’re pinky finger!

Explanation:

1. "bussiness" is misspelled, correct is "business".
2. "witch" is incorrect, should be "which" (as it's a relative pronoun here).
3. "japan" should be capitalized as "Japan" (proper noun for the country).
4. "dont" is misspelled, correct is "don't" (contraction of "do not").
5. "pinkie" (or "pinky" is also common, but if we consider the context of the traditional term, but the main spelling errors are the ones above; also, "yubikiri" is the correct term, but the other errors are more about spelling and grammar).

Let's correct the paragraph step - by - step:

Original: "If your thinking about asking a friend to make a pinky swear promise you might want to think again. The pinky swear first originated in japan and it was serious bussiness! Known as yubikiri, witch translates to 'finger cut - off', it means that if you decide too make a pinky promise and dont keep it, you'll have to cut off you're pinky finger!"

Corrected: "If you're thinking about asking a friend to make a pinky - swear promise, you might want to think again. The pinky swear first originated in Japan and it was serious business! Known as yubikiri, which translates to 'finger cut - off', it means that if you decide to make a pinky promise and don't keep it, you'll have to cut off your pinky finger!"

Answer:

Corrected paragraph: "If you're thinking about asking a friend to make a pinky - swear promise, you might want to think again. The pinky swear first originated in Japan and it was serious business! Known as yubikiri, which translates to 'finger cut - off', it means that if you decide to make a pinky promise and don't keep it, you'll have to cut off your pinky finger!"