<p>When Washington was sworn in as president, he rode to New York from his home in Virginia.</p>
<p>Can you help me find the error and explain why?</p>
<p>I believe that you capitalize President.</p>
<p>no....... it has to deal with verb tense.</p>
<p>no........ ? figure out yourself then genius.</p>
<p>he rode</p>
<p>implies an action taking after the swearing in whereas the riding occurred prior to the swearing in and must reflect that sequence. therefor must be along the lines of </p>
<p>had ridden,..</p>
<p>my guess</p>
<p>"When Washington was sworn in as president, he rode to New York from his home in Virginia."</p>
<p>The tense implies both are occuring at the same time, which doesn't make sense. It needs to be "Before Washington was sworn in as president, he rode to New York from his home in Virginia" or "When Washington was sworn in as president, he had ridden to New York from his home in Virginia."</p>
<p>The sentence as given is phrase as "When x, he y," meaning x and y occur at the same time. Clearly, that's not the meaning of the sentence. It needs to be "Before x, he y" or "When x, he had y," both meaning that y occurred before x.</p>
<p>maybe "he had to ride"</p>
<p>It's either had to ride or had ridden, depends on the choice given...(omgz rhyme)</p>
<p>When makes the sentence illogical... it either has to be change or the riding part of the sentence.</p>
<p>I think Before makes the most sense</p>
<p>To the people saying "had to ride," that also doesn't make sense. The sentence as given points out a specific time period ("When Washington was sworn in as president"), so the verb has to be something that occurs before that ("had ridden"). If you said "had to ride," that would mean he had to ride while he was being sworn in as president, which is not the intent of the sentence. Only by changing the first word to "before" does "had to ride" make sense.</p>