Elsie C. answered 09/16/21
Elementary & Middle School Reading and Writing Tutor/Retired Teacher
When my mom went to the store, she bought five boxes of cereal and two gallons of milk.
The above sentence has spelling, punctuation and verb tense errors. Rewrite it correctly.
Elsie C. answered 09/16/21
Elementary & Middle School Reading and Writing Tutor/Retired Teacher
When my mom went to the store, she bought five boxes of cereal and two gallons of milk.
Emma B. answered 09/18/21
Highly experienced and friendly proofreader, editor and writing tutor
Two options for a grammatically correct sentence:
When my mom goes to the store she buys five boxes of cereal and two gallons of milk. (This implies she does this regularly)
When my mom went to the store she bought five boxes of cereal and two gallons of milk. (This implies a singular event in the past)
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