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Jenn123 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
In 1950, a tragedy takes place
Please do let me know if there are any grammatical mistakes so I can rectify my mistake
Short Plot
In 1950, a tragedy takes place in Bukit Kepong when a police station is attacked by 180 communist terrorists killing 18 policemen, and leaves a mark of communists’ brutality.
Long plot
Based on the true story about the hard-fought battle between the police force and the locals against the communists at Bukit Kepong, in the year 1950. The battle reaches its climax on 23 February at the Bukit Kepong police station, which has only 18 members, when they are attacked by 180 violent communists.
Short Plot
In 1950, a tragedy takes place in Bukit Kepong when a police station is attacked by 180 communist terrorists killing 18 policemen, and leaves a mark of communists’ brutality.
Long plot
Based on the true story about the hard-fought battle between the police force and the locals against the communists at Bukit Kepong, in the year 1950. The battle reaches its climax on 23 February at the Bukit Kepong police station, which has only 18 members, when they are attacked by 180 violent communists.
Top answer
Because it is historical, past tense sounds better to me. In 1950, a tragedy took place in Bukit Kepong when a police station was attacked by 180 Co mmunist terrorist s, killing 18 policeme n and leaving a mark of Communist brutality. Based on a true story about the hard-fought battle between the police force and the locals against the Co mmunists at Bukit Kepo ng in 1950.
- Because it is historical, past tense sounds better to me.
- In 1950, a tragedy took place in Bukit Kepong when a police station was attacked by 180 Co mmunist terrorist s, killing 18 policeme n and leaving a mark of Communist brutality.
- Based on a true story about the hard-fought battle between the police force and the locals against the Co mmunists at Bukit Kepo ng in 1950.
- The battle reached its climax on 23 February at the Bukit Kepong police station , whose 18 officers were attacked by 180 violent Com munists.
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Because it is historical, past tense sounds better to me.
In 1950, a tragedy took place in Bukit Kepong when a police station was attacked by 180 Communist terrorists, killing 18 policemen and leaving a mark of Communist brutality.
Based on a true story about the hard-fought battle between the police force and the locals
In 1950, a tragedy took place in Bukit Kepong when a police station was attacked by 180 Communist terrorists, killing 18 policemen and leaving a mark of Communist brutality.
Based on a true story about the hard-fought battle between the police force and the locals
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Thanks for your kind feedback, however, the plots have to be in present tense, that's the reason why I used "takes" instead of 'took".
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