Exercise 38.1 Rewriting sentences with noun or noun-phrase errors

EXERCISE 38.1

Each of the following sentences contains an error. Rewrite each sentence correctly.

  1. Before a middle of the nineteenth century, surgery was usually a terrifying, painful ordeal.

    Question

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    Before a middle of the nineteenth century, surgery was usually a terrifying, painful ordeal.
  2. Because anesthesia did not exist yet, only painkiller available for surgical patients was whiskey.

    Question

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    Because anesthesia did not exist yet, only painkiller available for surgical patients was whiskey.
  3. The pain of surgical procedures could be so severe that much people were willing to die rather than have surgery.

    Question

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    The pain of surgical procedures could be so severe that much people were willing to die rather than have surgery.
  4. In 1846, one of the hospital in Boston gave ether to a patient before he had surgery.

    Question

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    In 1846, one of the hospital in Boston gave ether to a patient before he had surgery.
  5. The patient, who had a large on his neck tumor, slept peacefully as doctors removed it.

    Question

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    The patient, who had a large on his neck tumor, slept peacefully as doctors removed it.