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AEL3 Using the AE3 Self-correction code

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Identifying mistakes 4. Use the AE3 Self-correction code to identify mistakes in the article below. Download the AE3 Self- correction code, and open the document in a new tab.  Read the text and select the correct code for each mistake.    The global growth of basketball In the last 10 years, basketball increased T in popularity around the world. These days, NBA games show A/P in 215 country N and in 50 languages. About 300 million people play basketball in China, but WW 30 per cent of the NBAs P television audience comes from Asia. Another global expansion of the NBA is at Prep India. There is VA about seven million Facebook fans who follow the sport. 350 live NBA games are shown every year, and about six million kids play basketball. And the NBA is growing in popular WF in the United Kingdom. The league has signed the A new partnership with Sky Sports to show games. “We see an opportunity to promote the NBA throughout the whole of Yurope Sp ,” said NBA commissioner Adam Silver.

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The task presents a text with several placeholder codes (T, A/P, N, WW, P, Prep, VA, WF, A, Sp) embedded in places where there are apparent mistakes. The job is to identify the correct AE3 self-correction code for each mistake. Below I discuss, for each coded item, what seems incorrect in context and what kind of change would be expected, so you can map it to the appropriate code once you know each code’s exact meaning from the AE3 key. - Code T: In the phrase “In the last 10 years, basketball increased T in popularity around the world,” the error seems to be a missing or inappropriate modifier describing how popularity changed. The natural correction would replace T with an adverb or enhancement that conveys degree (for example, “greatly,” “significantly,” or a similar intensifier). The underlying mistake is the absence of a suitable adverbial modifier to quantify the rise in popularity. The correct AE3 code would correspond to this kind of missing or wrong modifier. - Code A/P: The sentence “These days, NBA games show A/P in 215 country N and in 50 languages” contains a couple of potential issues. First, “A/P” likely mark......Login to view full explanation

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