Question

Read the text below and correct the 4 errors in grammar.

It would be hard to find a European city that has a worse reputation than Bartovia's, with crime, rubbish, graffiti and dereliction
featuring in every description over the last 60 years.

With unemployment running at 11%, the city government essentially bankrupt, and a population actually falling as young people
leave in droves, there are few bright spots in Bartovia's future.

One of the few, however, is a new venture run by Sergio Leone, a nano-chemist who has returned to the city of his birth to try and
make an impossible a reality.

Answer 1

The text about Bartovia contains four grammatical errors which include the incorrect use of possessive form, misuse of the infinitive, an unnecessary article, and incorrect subject-verb agreement.

Step-by-step explanation:

The text provided contains four grammatical errors. Here are the corrections:

1. The possessive form 'Bartovia's' should be replaced with the non-possessive 'Bartovia' to correctly denote the city as a place, not a possessive entity.
2. We need to replace 'to try and make' with 'to try to make' for the correct infinitive form.
3. The article 'an' before 'impossible' should be removed to correctly communicate the idea of making the impossible a reality.
4. Since 'venture' is singular, we should also make sure that 'has' is used in place of 'have' for proper subject-verb agreement.

The corrected passage should read:

"It would be hard to find a European city that has a worse reputation than Bartovia, with crime, rubbish, graffiti, and dereliction featuring in every description over the last 60 years. With unemployment running at 11%, the city government essentially bankrupt, and a population actually falling as young people leave in droves, there are few bright spots in Bartovia's future. One of the few, however, is a new venture run by Sergio Leone, a nano-chemist who has returned to the city of his birth to try to make impossible a reality."