0

I have the following sentence. One of the bold words is used in a wrong way, so what is the mistake and how to correct it?

That is spurred the great explorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was the desire to find a more expeditious route to the spice supplies of the Far East

1
  • 4
    Is it That is spurred or That spurred in your original exercise? Sep 23, 2016 at 8:44

3 Answers 3

1

The first two words in the sentence are incorrect. I can't think of any construction to replace just the first word. One could perhaps write:

The main economic force that spurred the great explorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was the desire to find a more expeditious route to the spice supplies of the Far East.

0

I Think we can remove" That " from the sentence and so far start it that way " The great explorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth spurred in(to) the desire to find a more expeditious route to the spice supplies in the Far East"

But as in the first answer proposed is better.

-1

The simplest correction is to change "That is" to "What" :

What spurred the great explorations of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was the desire to find a more expeditious route to the spice supplies of the Far East.

0

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .