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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Grammer
Please help to explain the following essay ( part of a letter ) .
Essay :
I ( write ) to ask you for more information about the visit to the home for the aged. I have just learnt about the visit from the poster on the club bulletin board that it ( fall ) on the second day of X'mas. I would like to know more about what we ( do ) there and what we should bring.
Answer : ( write ) becomes ' am writing '
( fall ) becomes ' falls '
( do ) becomes ' will do '
Please explain why use ' falls' rather than ' fell '. Thanks.
Essay :
I ( write ) to ask you for more information about the visit to the home for the aged. I have just learnt about the visit from the poster on the club bulletin board that it ( fall ) on the second day of X'mas. I would like to know more about what we ( do ) there and what we should bring.
Answer : ( write ) becomes ' am writing '
( fall ) becomes ' falls '
( do ) becomes ' will do '
Please explain why use ' falls' rather than ' fell '. Thanks.
Top answer
" If we're talking about the present, we would say, " This month, the twenty-second falls on Wednesday," assuming it hasn't fallen yet. I don't know that I can "explain" it. It seems to resemble the present tense used to describe habitual behavior.
- " If we're talking about the present, we would say, " This month, the twenty-second falls on Wednesday," assuming it hasn't fallen yet.
- I don't know that I can "explain" it.
- It seems to resemble the present tense used to describe habitual behavior.
- "
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If we're talking about the past, we would say, "Last month, the twenty-second fell on Friday."
If we're talking about the future, we would say, "Next month, the twenty-second will fall on Monday."
If we're talking about the present, we would say, "This month, the twenty-second fallson Wednesday," assuming it hasn't fallen yet.
If we're talking about the future, we would say, "Next month, the twenty-second will fall on Monday."
If we're talking about the present, we would say, "This month, the twenty-second fallson Wednesday," assuming it hasn't fallen yet.
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