Can you spot the 10 mistakes in this passage?

Question

Sky-diving takes alot of courage. It must be kind of terrifying to throw yourself out of a plain. The reason people do it is to test theirselves in difficult situation's. A sky-diving school can learn you how to use a parachute and how to land without broken bones. I read that up to twenty people can jump together, join up and form pattern's in the sky. Each of them have to know exsactly when to jump and be able to speed or slow down there descent. It looks real spectacular.

Answer 1

alot -- a typo
plain -- should be plane (wrong plane)
theirselves -- themselves
situation's -- situations
can learn -- can teach
pattern's - -patterns
exsactly -- exactly (spelling mistake)
have -- has
jump -- jump, ( missing comma)
there descent -- their descent

And for number 11, I would lose the real (before spectacular)

Answer 2

I'll give it a try:

1) Sky diving (no hyphen here) takes

2) a lot (not alot) of courage. It must be terrifying to throw yourself out of a

3) plane (not plain). The reason people do it is to test

4) themselves (not theirselves) in difficult

5) situations (no apostrophe). A sky-diving school can

6) teach (not learn) you how to use a parachute and how to land without broken bones. I read that up to twenty people can jump together, join up and form

7) patterns (no apostrophe) in the sky. Each of them have to know

8) exactly (not exsactly) when to jump and be able to

9) speed up* or slow down (not speed or slow down)

10) their (not there) descent. It looks

11) really (not real) spectacular.

* I wasn't sure about the addition of "up" here. I suppose "speed down" is an okay phrase (speed down or slow down, thus speed or slow down). I listed it "just in case."

NOTE: the second "sky-diving" is appropriate with the hyphen, as it's "two or more words functioning together as an adjective before a noun" (sky-diving school).

Answer 3

1. a lot is 2 words, 2. plain is spelled plane, 3. situation's should have no aposterphe, 4. there shoud be a comma between parachute and the word and in the 3rd line, 5. pattern's should have no aposterphe, 6. exsactly is spelled like exactly, 7. on the 5th line, there should be a comma between jump, and the word and,8. spped up or slow down on the 5th line, 9, descent is spelled like decent,10. real should be really.

Answer 4

It is also acceptable to spell it "sky diving" or "skydiving". - alot - a lot; plain - plane; theirselves - themselves; situation's - situations; learn - teach; I - I have or I've; twenty - 20; need comma after join up; pattern's - patterns; have - has; exsactly - exactly; there - their; - so that's 12 or 13, and it would be an improvement to delete the "real" prior to "spectacular".

Answer 5

"kind of" terrifying?
alot is two words--a and lot
oneself not yourself
plain should be plain
theirselves should be themselves
situations, patterns,--apostophe is used to indicate possessives, not plurals
schools teach people;they do not learn people
without breaking bones, not broken bones
as many as twenty people, not up to twenty
each of them has to know---each is singular. Pronouns must agree with their antecedents.
their descent should be his descent
exactly, not exsactly
It looks really (adverb) spectacular
BTW-What looks really spectacular? The parachute?
the pattern? Speeding up or slowing?

Answer 6

1) Skydiving is now most commonly one word. This is just as tele-vision is now most commonly one word, but was not used that way in the 1930's.
Some grammarians are now promoting e-mail as now just one word (email). Some may count this as two errors.

2) "takes" could be better stated as the word "requires". This is not a "mistake" but it is a better use of vocabulary.

3) "alot" is two words.

4) "Kind of" is not a mistake, but qualifies as saying "a little pregnant".

5) "Yourself out of a plain" is much better stated as "yourself from a flying airplane"

6) "The reason people do it is to" is better stated as "People do it to". It is redundent to say what you are saying. This is not a mistake, but it is not the best writing style.

7) "Theirselves" is better stated as "themselves".

8) "Situation's" is just plural (situations).

1a) "Sky-diving" again. Please see note 1 above.

9) "Can learn you" is better stated as "can teach you".

10) "broken bones" is better stated as "breaking any bones". Keep the sentence tense consistent.

11) "up to" can be better stated as "as many as". This is because people are a countable resource. This is not a mistake, but it is better writing when refering to a countable resource.

12, 13 and more) "together, join up and form" can be better stated as "together and combine in the air to form".

14) "Pattern's" is just plural.

15) "exsactly" is "exactly"

16, 17 or more) " be able to speed or slow down there descent" is better stated as " how to manage the speed and direction of their decent". Parrallelism and more

18) "real" is better stated as "really" .

19, 20 and more) Do you want to include composition mistakes in your passage?


Skydiving requires a lot of courage.
It must be terrifying to throw yourself from a flying airplane.
People do it to test themselves in difficult situations.
A skydiving school can teach you how to open a parachute and how to land without breaking any bones.
I read that as many as twenty people can jump together and combine in the air to form patterns in the sky.
Each of them have to know exactly when to jump and how to manage the speed and direction of their descent.
It looks really spectacular.

Answer 7

lmao bet i can find more then ten limme just type this bac to u then u can compare

(skydivin) takes (alotta) courage. It must be (kinda) (terrifin) to throw (yaself) (outta) plane. the reason people do it is (ta) test (themselves)(inna) difficult situation. A (skydivin) school can learn (ya) (howda) use a parachute and (howda) land with out broken bones. i read that (upta) (20) (folks) can jump (tagether) joinup un form patterns in (da) sky . Each of (em) (haveta) know (zactly) (whenta) and be able to (speedup) (er) slow down descent. It looks (mighty fine) yup i found 25 told ya !!

Answer 8

There's actually 12 :).................
alot - a lot
plain - plane
theirselves - themselves
situation's - situations
learn - teach
broken - breaking
pattern's - patterns
have - has
exsactly - exactly
speed - speed up or increase
speed.(or only say "speed
or slow their descent")
there - their
real - really, (it's an adverb, not an adjective.)
I wouldn't say there should be a comma after jump.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

alot= A LOT
plain=PLANE
theirselves=THEIR SELVES
situation's=SITUATIONS
learn=teach
pattern's=patterns
exsactly=exactly
there=their
it=it's