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Nina_Nia Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Could anyone check my corrections, please?
Hello,
I wanted to ask questions about a few sentences, but then decided to paste the whole context.
Could you check my corrections please?
'When we were in the country last summer, I went to the wood one day. In the wood I found a little fox cub. I brought it home. I decided to tame the cub. Every day I fed/was feeding it and took/was taking care of it. I tamed/was taming it the whole summer. (Maybe was feeding, was taking, was taming, are possible too?)
When I went/was going to school the day before yesterday, I met Mike and Pete.(Both correct) They were talking/talked and laughed/were laughing. They told me a funny story. Soon I was laughing/laughed too.(Both) I was still laughing/laughed when we came to school. After school I told/was telling this story at home. My mother and father liked it very much.
Thanks
I wanted to ask questions about a few sentences, but then decided to paste the whole context.
Could you check my corrections please?
'When we were in the country last summer, I went to the wood one day. In the wood I found a little fox cub. I brought it home. I decided to tame the cub. Every day I fed/
When I went/was going to school the day before yesterday, I met Mike and Pete.(Both correct) They were talking
Thanks
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That's all correct except about Mike and Pete talking and laughing, which should be: "They were talking and were laughing". You don't need to re-state the WERE; the AND joins TALKING and LAUGHING directly. Even though it's correct as it stands, the whole passage can be rewritten to be much shorter and clearer.
- That's all correct except about Mike and Pete talking and laughing, which should be: "They were talking and were laughing".
- You don't need to re-state the WERE; the AND joins TALKING and LAUGHING directly.
- Even though it's correct as it stands, the whole passage can be rewritten to be much shorter and clearer.
- Here is one suggestion.
- When we were in the country last summer, I found a little fox cub in the wood one day.
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That's all correct except about Mike and Pete talking and laughing, which should be:
"They were talking andwere laughing". You don't need to re-state the WERE; the AND joins TALKING and LAUGHING directly.
Even though it's correct as it stands, the whole passage can be rewritten to be much shorter and clearer. Here is one suggestion.
When we were in the country last sum
"They were talking and
Even though it's correct as it stands, the whole passage can be rewritten to be much shorter and clearer. Here is one suggestion.
When we were in the country last sum
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