1. Sentence with the mistake(s) CORRECTION
1. …but Asian adults are working in semi-slavery conditions
just so companies can save some cents. a few.
2. …the business is now only thinking about benefits
profits
3. …he gives a controversed but interesting idea… he
gives a controversial yet interesting
4. However, alongside the book, we see that the recovering
is being very complicated… throughout/ recovery
5. It is in this situations when you… these
6. I consider that Richard Powers wills to reflect the effects
that capitalism has not only on particulars, but also…
intends/ individuals.
7. However, we also have the Clare Inc, whose toxics are
incrementing Cancer’s rate on people. toxic
waste/increasing/ THE cancer rate
8. …for no apparent reason like family history or strong
exposure to sun rays. other than
9. …capitalism is put in a bad way in the book criticized
10. …enterprises like Clare are way more concerned
about… much more (way is too colloquial)
11. To conclude, I think business world should be
controlled… the business world
12. The majority of Lacewood’s population worked in Clare
or has to do something with it. had something to do
13. …cancer caused by chemical plants and to concenciate
the society of the danger… society/raise awareness on
the danger
2. 14.Business is something that can be seen as a good and
positive thing, but also as something dangerous. Richard
Powers’ point of view while writing this book is the same.
illustrates this dichotomy.
15. It provides with jobs to the majority of the town´s
population provides the majority of the population with
jobs
16. On one hand, Richard Powers writes about corporation
growth On the one hand
17… Can affect society in a negative way specially when
negative consequences occur especially.
Specially=specifically, made to measure /
Especially=particularly
18…what the author´s point of view on business-wise
was… on business OR business-wise
19 … and fight for their ideal world, where profits could not
consist in people´s harm and diseases would not /
consist in harming people.
20 …prefers a little money than taking Clare down to
prevent what happened to Laura to happen to other people
from happening.
21. …making the conclusion that all these multinationals
are disrespectful and nocives drawing - reaching -
arriving to / harmful
22. The mixture of feelings was born wherever the great
deal of a business’s influence should be left to the human
character. arises / a great deal/ is
23. we see how unfairly it is becoming to keep up and
compete… unfair