<p>What are wrong with these sentences? Please provide an explanation. Thanks</p>
<li><p>During my most recent trip, I can across a wondering antique store wandering in the old quarter of the city. (I put no error, but the answer was 'wandering." I thought that looked suspicious but what could it be changed to?)</p></li>
<li><p>After the uprising of October 10, 1911, that has led to the establishment of a Chinese republic, many Chinese Americans decided to return to China in hopes of a bright future there. (I put no error but the answer was “has led.” I thought that was wrong and should have been only “led” but I don’t exactly understand the rule behind it. It was just a hunch.)</p></li>
<li><p>Although familiar to us from representations in ancient art, war chariots are rare museum artifacts because by the sixth century B.C. they were no longer used in battle. (I put “from representations.” But the answer was no error. I thought it should have been “from reenactments” or something.)</p></li>
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<p>I tend to make errors on the writing section only when the answer is “no error”</p>
<p>Any suggetions?</p>
<h1>16: the "wandering" is incorrect because its current placement means it's modifying "store." Obviously the store isn't wandering.</h1>
<h1>24: I think you might have mistyped the question.</h1>
<h1>28: Reenactments doesn't make sense; representation has a correct denotation/connotation.</h1>
<p>The distinction between no error and obscure error is one of the hardest to make. The best advice would be practice extensively, review all your mistakes, and slowly hone your intuition.</p>
<p>thanks for the help, and 24 is correctly copied, i just checked</p>
<p>Since October 10, 1911 is the past and the establishment of Chinese was done ( in the past ) you must use Past Simple "led" instead of Present Perfect</p>
<p>Next time take the time to tell us which parts are underlined and which are not; it is easier to help you that way.</p>
<p>in 24, "has" is wrong because it is in the wrong tense. Later in the sentence, the Chinese Americans "decided", which indicate an overall sense of past tense. Also, the establishment of the Chinese republic happened in the past, so "has" should be "had" because the sentence is telling us that one past event (the uprising) led to another past event( establishment of the republic). Or, alternatively, you could just get rid of "has" and just put "led". Either way, "has" is wrong.</p>
<p>The first option you described (changing “has” to “had”) does not improve the sentence because it still does not make the verb tenses match. The verb “decided” is in simple past tense, while “had” is in past perfect. You would just get rid of the helping verb (your second option). Sorry to nitpick, but I felt that this could be important for future questions.</p>
<p>thats wrong, i think, because the past perfect refers to a past action that occured before another past action. W/o the simple past you cant have the past perfect. also, tense shanges can occur in a sentence. correct me if i am wrong.</p>