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Antía Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

During the present year there have been three by-elections.

Now I have to look for an error in the sentence above... Can you find it? I've been thinking about it for a long time, and I can't see any mistakes. The verb tense is accurate, there's nothing wrong regarding concord, countability of nouns... Maybe punctuation? A comma after the fronted adverbial?

Thanks!
  

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During the present year there have been three by-elections. JTT: I can't discern any problems either, Antia.

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  • During the present year there have been three by-elections.
  • JTT: I can't discern any problems either, Antia.
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During the present year there have been three by-elections.

JTT: I can't discern any problems either, Antia.
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Maybe it's something with "during the present year"; can we say "during" for a period of time that isn't finished?
I'd say:
"There have been 3 by-elections so far this year".
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I'm noy sure...

I have found these examples in the Oxford bilingual dictionary (En-Sp/Sp-En)

-During his life he was relatively unknown. (Finished period)
-She'll call during the week. (Unfinished period)

I know, however, that dictionaries are not a panacea...
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It was just a wild guess...
I've googled, and indeed "during the present year" IS used. Sorry I can't help!
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