HackerRank Sentence Correction Quiz -1

She will return to
Eliminate the word ‘back’; it is superfluous. We do not use ‘back’ with return.

Strictly wedded to
The correct idiom is ‘wedded to’. Preposition ‘to’ will be used with ‘wed’.

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is always hitting her
We use Present Continuous tense rather than simple present tense, when the recurring action is problematic. Also we have used the term ‘always here’ which means it is still happening.

had invited me
For impossible past conditions, use past perfect (had invited) which is then followed by Would+Have+ 3 form of Verb

With the use of the term ‘very long time’ we know that the action has been taking place in the past and is continuing in the present hence we will use present perfect continuous instead of present continuous or simple present tense.

Is divided on the property is correct, but we use the simple name ‘Clinton family’ without using ‘s.

‘Has belonged’ is used here because we connect it with the term ‘since’ which refers to the past.

Corrects error of preposition, definite article and phrasal verb. ‘Brood’ is followed by on/over. Days will be preceded by definite article ‘the’ because the days ‘gone by’ are talked of (or particularised).

Rule:

It’s time + subject + past verb form [This expression refers to the present moment.]

Therefore, the sentence would be correct if “tell you that” is replaced by “told you that”.

Correct Sentence :

It is about time we told you that you should be ready for the challenges that you will face in this new job.