Question

As I was about to leave for office, the bell rang, but when I open the door I was shocked to find my school-time friend
standing outside

correct the sentence
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Answer 1

As I was about to leave for office, the bell rang and when I opened the door I was shocked to find my school time friend standing outside.

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Answer 2

The correct sentence is, As I was about to leave for the office, the bell rang and when I opened the door, I was shocked to find my school-time friend standing outside.

• The first mistake is of articles. In the sentence, we will use the with office because we have not specified any other information.
• The second error is of conjunction. Instead of but we have to use and because the action of the opening of the gate is due to the ringing of the bell. They were not contradictory, so we will not use but.
• The third error is tense. The complete sentence is talking about the past. So, we will write 'opened the door'. Instead of 'open the door'.

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