<p>"Because the garden was untended the windows had noshutters and the lawn overrunby weeds, people passing by the old house assumed that it was unoccupied"</p>
<p>"When Doris Lessing published The Golden Notebook in 1962, itinstantly establishedherself as oneof the most important literary devices of her generation</p>
<p>"The survey indicated taht workers in the US hope that his or her wages will keep pace withthe risingcost of living.</p>
<p>"despite its cultural importance, the daily gazette, lost 70 percent of its subscribers since 1920 and by 1955, was losing as much as 200,000 dollars a year.</p>
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<li><p>“overrun” is wrong. It should be “was overrun” because the phrases before had “was” and “had”, so to make the sentence retain parellel structure, “was” should be inserted before “overrun”.</p></li>
<li><p>“it” should be “she”. She must establish herself, right?</p></li>
<li><p>“his or her” should be “their” because before this was the word “workers” (plural) and “his or her” is singular.</p></li>
<li><p>My guess is that “lost” should be “had lost”? All I know is that “lost” is wrong. (correct me if that’s incorrect)</p></li>
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<p>For the very last sentence, lost should be has lost because the present perfect tense matches the preposition since, which means continuously from. The present is taken into account. From 1920 until now, the magazine has lost 70% of its subscribers. Since 1920, the magazine has lost 70% of its subscribers.</p>
<p>“Lost” should be changed to “having lost”.</p>