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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Help with assignment

In a recent online newspaper/magazine/journal article (published in October 2011 or later), select three grammatical issues for analysis. The first issue should be related to the use of the verb phrase (tense/aspect choice, modality, voice...), the second to sentence/phrase analysis (full sentence analysis) and the third to a grammatical topic of your choice. Limit each discussion to one page.

Hello good people, I need to write an assignment according to the instructions above. I was hoping you could help me find an interesting article for it and just briefly point me into the right direction (which sentences I should use for which task, etc ).

Your help would be greatly appreciated,

Luke
  

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Hi, We prefer you to do most of the work, but we will be happy to comment on your draft when you have one. Good luck, Clive

— Clive

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Hi,

We prefer you to do most of the work, but we will be happy to comment on your draft when you have one.

Good luck, Clive
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Hmm I was afraid you would understand it that way.. actually all I would like is for you to suggest an interesting article for the assignment, so I can get started with my work =)
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Hi,

Sorry, I'm just interested in helping people with their English text.

Clive
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Okay, I have decided to take the following sentence for verb phrase analysis:

As for OV-101, its name had been changed from Constitution to Enterprise in mid-1976 at the insistence of Star Trek fans (image at top of post).

So the verb phrase is "had been changed", which is past perfect, right? What else can I write about it?

Thanks, Luke
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Hi,

Yes, Past Perfect.
What voice is it?

Why do you think the writer chose Past Perfect? Are any other tenses possible in this sentence?

Clive
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Hey,

I did some quick research and figured the writer chose Past Perfect because it refers to an action that happened prior to another action in the past:

NASA would christen OV-102 Columbia in February 1979, shortly before it rolled out of the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale, California. As for OV-101, its name had been changed from Constitution to
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Hi,

I did some quick research and figured the writer chose Past Perfect because it refers to an action that happened prior to another action in the past:

NASA would christen OV-102 Columbia in February 1979, shortly before it rolled out of the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale, California. As for OV-101, its name had been
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Hey,

I now only need one more advice; Can you suggest a grammatical topic I could shortly write about, from the following paragraph:

Thirteen of the 16 operational flights would use OV-102 and three would use OV-101. NASA would christen OV-102 Columbia in February 1979, shortly before it rolled out of the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale, California. As for OV-101
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Hi,

How about the use of 'would' to refer to 'the future at a later time in the past'?

Clive
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Clive, you have no idea how much you have helped me with all your replies and how grateful I am.

I am now trying to complete the second task of my assignment, and if you could just correct me where I am wrong, that would be amazing.

The STS Utilization and Operations Office at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston had prepared the document(1), which was meant to be
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