Can anyone correct these sentences?
 

1. You ought to have regarded him your benefactor.
2. He has visited as many historical places as one has or can visit.
3. The hostel provides lodging and boarding to students.
4. My cousin-brother will come to meet me.
5. One must boast of his great qualities.
6. He is one of those who always succeed.
7. The black vermin is an odious creature.
8. What to speak of meat, even vegetables were not allowed there.
9. The criminal was sent to the gaol.
10. The firm was willing to forgo its usual commission.
11. This is the historical spot where he was shot dead.
12. I don't remember him giving me a present.
13. Passing by the damaged house, a brick fel on my shoulder.
14. The idea of me flying is too silly to even contemplate.

these sentences have been taken from previous papers of English Precis and composition. Almost all of them seems correct to me. Can you find out the mistakes?? plz correct them if you can. And if they are correct, how the solve them as they might come in exam??
plz answer
Regards

All of them look OK to me. However, if I HAD TO make some changes, I'd make the following. Isnt it true that sometimes they put the correct sentence in there? These might actually be the correct ones.

. You ought to have regarded him [B][COLOR="blue"]as [/COLOR][/B]your benefactor.
2. He has visited as many historical places as one has or can visit.
3. The hostel provides lodging and boarding to students.
4. My cousin-brother will come to meet me.
5. One must boast of his great qualities.
6. He is [B][COLOR="blue"]among[/COLOR][/B] those who always succeed.
7. The black vermin is an odious creature.
8. [B][COLOR="blue"]Let alone[/COLOR][/B] meat, even vegetables were not allowed there.
9. The criminal was [B][COLOR="blue"]sentenced[/COLOR][/B] to the gaol.
10. The firm was willing to forgo its usual commission.
11. This is the historical spot where he was shot dead.
12. I don't remember him giving me a present.
13. [B][COLOR="blue"]While passing[/COLOR][/B] the damaged house, a brick fell on my shoulder.
14. The idea of me flying is too silly to even contemplate

2-He has visitied as many historical places as one can visit
7. The black vermin is an odious species

2-He has visitied as many historical places as [B]no-one[/B] has or can visit

AHH! I missed that!

One [B]may[/B] boast of his great qualities

My cousin[B](-brother) [/B]will come to meet[B](see)[/B] me.

did I make corrections right?
 

Passing through ten different cities, Karachi is the most active [B](one)[/B].

He was laid up for six weeks with two broken ribs. [B]([/B][B]He was laid up with two broken ribs for six weeks.)[/B]

Someone showed [B](Introduced)[/B] the visitors in the room.

Until you remain idle you will make no [B](no should be omitted)[/B] progress.

It is very wrong to be devoted ([B]tended[/B],[I]since devotion is 'positive'[/I]) to lying and cheating.

He told me that he is waiting for me since a long time. [B](He told me that he had been waiting for me for a long time.)[/B]

The house stood up [B](stood out)[/B] in the dull street because of its red door.

He brought the articles to the market which he wanted to sell. [B](He brought the articles which he wanted to sell to the market.)[/B]

mine corrections is as follows
 

[QUOTE=xaara~hussain;268954]Passing through ten different cities, Karachi is the most active [B](one)[/B].

He was laid up for six weeks with two broken ribs. [B]([/B][B]He was laid up with two broken ribs for six weeks.)[/B]

Someone showed [B](Introduced)[/B] the visitors in the room.

Until you remain idle you will make no [B](no should be omitted)[/B] progress.

It is very wrong to be devoted ([B]tended[/B],[I]since devotion is 'positive'[/I]) to lying and cheating.

He told me that he is waiting for me since a long time. [B](He told me that he had been waiting for me for a long time.)[/B]

The house stood up [B](stood out)[/B] in the dull street because of its red door.

He brought the articles to the market which he wanted to sell. [B](He brought the articles which he wanted to sell to the market.)[/B][/QUOTE]

1.Passing through ten different cities, Karachi is the most active city

2.He laid up for six weeks with two broken ribs.

3.Someone saw the visitors in the room

4.you will make no progress until you remain idle.

5.It is very wrong to be devoted to lie and cheat.(:roll:roll)

7.The house stood up dull in the street because of its red door.

8.He brought articles to the market which he wanted to sell.

regrds

One must boast of his great qualities.

one must boast of [COLOR="Sienna"]one's[/COLOR] great qualities.

British English follows the traditional pattern, whereas american can use his as well.

[QUOTE=xaara~hussain;268954]Passing through ten different cities, Karachi is the most active [B](one)[/B].

He was laid up for six weeks with two broken ribs. [B]([/B][B]He was laid up with two broken ribs for six weeks.)[/B]

Someone showed [B](Introduced)[/B] the visitors in the room.

Until you remain idle you will make no [B](no should be omitted)[/B] progress.

It is very wrong to be devoted ([B]tended[/B],[I]since devotion is 'positive'[/I]) to lying and cheating.

He told me that he is waiting for me since a long time. [B](He told me that he had been waiting for me for a long time.)[/B]

The house stood up [B](stood out)[/B] in the dull street because of its red door.

He brought the articles to the market which he wanted to sell. [B](He brought the articles which he wanted to sell to the market.)[/B][/QUOTE]

Im not an expert at this, but I only know a rule, and that is never change the meaning and vocab in the correction and stick to adjusting grammatical mistakes only (like you did [B]no should be ommitted [/B]or replace [B]show [/B]with [B]introduced[/B], it will change the entire meaning of the phrase in question)

here is my try:
[LIST=1][*]someone showed the visitors to the room. (to the room)[*]it is wrong to be devoted to lying and cheating. (take out very :D, dont change any original words)[*]Until you remain idle you shall make no progress (the sentence is assertive so replace "will" with "shall", i guess)[/LIST]
P.S.: Please guide me with these things, cuz I am no good at English and I need to learn a few things before exam :cry

Please help in correction
 

1). What does a patient tell a doctor it is confidential ?

2). It is a fact that I almost drowned makes me very careful about water safety whenever I go ???swimming

3). Did they not consider this as quiet convincing????

4). St Peter’s at Rome is the largest of all other churches
[B][COLOR="Magenta"]St Peter's at Rome is the largest of all churches[/COLOR][/B]
5). The amount they receive in wages is greater than twenty years ago

6). They succeeded with hardly making any effort?????

7). Whatever have you done !?????

8). The officers were given places according to their respective ranks????