Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Mistake 17

DesMoinesRegister.com


Culver addresses flood recovery from Old Capitol

The governor said the 1 percent sales tax increased passed in Linn County on Tuesday

The  d in "increased" needs to be omitted to become "increase." Otherwise there are two active verbs right next to each other in the sentence, and it doesn't make sense.

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