Can You Spot the Mistakes?

LK 12.1 Klausur 1, 28. 10. 2005

Daniel Lurz (furthermore, SB, (,))

1. Further it is said in he advert, that freedom of enterprise was a basic liberty.

2. For underlining these arguments, Conoco uses the statements. (to underline)

3. These people are very famous to the people, who lived in this time around 1776.      (SB, that)

Maike Hammann

4. Profit was one reason why England settle in America. (the English, settled)

5. When Jefferson thought it was a good idea they will believe it easier.    (more easily)

6. They did not want that some people got victims of this. (SB, became, SB)

Andreas Beuteführ

7. Dear Sirs, dear madams,    (dear Sir or Madam)

8. It is an attempt to prevent the public to abridge the freedom of its interactions. (from –ing,?)

9. This of a matter of fact will have negative influence on the economical situation.

Jessica Klein (A, economic!)

10. There would have never been such a prosperity without individual enterprise. (never have)

11. Business can justify the validity of it’s ethical values.                (its)

12. Competition has lead society to new levels of wealth.    (led)

Katharina Matull        (is intended to, (,))

13. That quotation should underline the opinion, that there can be no other freedom.

14. The connection between economical freedom and progress doesn’t exist.    (economic)

15. The quotation should warn the people to limit freedom.  (should?, not to limit)

Andreas Bruckhaus

16. If he would be against it, he would also be against the founding fathers.        (if-clause)

17. He is against all others, so against all for which the Americans fought against the English. (!)

18. There was your advertisement according to the discussion of economical freedom.         (about?)

Christina Duhr (make it clear, general freedom)

19. The advertisement wants to make the citizens clear that that freedom is part of the general enterprise.

20. The freedom of enterprises is connected with other freedoms.    (freedom of enterprise)

21. It is a reason for the America’s growth. ((the))

Katharina Kohtz

22. If you loose one kind of freedom you will loose the others.   (lose)

23. They told us to remember on this importance.             ((on))

24. An example for this are the texts.         (is)

Moritz Gamper

25. An Conoco goes a step higher and says that it is important for the growth of America.        (further)

26. If one has no freedom, all the others can’t have freedom, too.    (either)

27. And so is America today one of the most successful countries.  (St)

Suzanne Baalbaki

28. Organisations which cared for their profits are one of the most important aspects.      (Gr:pl/sg)

29. Then there will be less people who have the opportunity to have any job.           (fewer)

30. That means that it is much said and promised in America. (much is said …)

Patrick Jawoschek

31. But this advertisement isn’t saying anything about price increases. (doesn’t say)

32. The quotations between the text shall underline and support the arguments.          (shall?)

33. All quotations have a same meaning.         (similar)

Frederick Ahlers

34. Economic freedom is strong connected to the other freedoms.      (strongly)

35. They enter new areas of economy like the working with nuclear energy or genetics. ((the), ??)

36. If the President could appoint all judges there would be very fast injustice.        (injustice v.fast)