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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

In the sense of British English

I have a few questions that I really am confuse about...

1) Do past perfect tense require specific time?
eg: I had done my assignment yesterday

or should it be I did my assignment yesterday

2) I'm afraid I can't join you for the party tonight since I have much assignment to do

should I replace the much with some?

To my ears, much is more compatible with the sentence but some sounds correct too.

3) FIll up or fill?

Fill up the bucket with water
Fill the bucket with water

4) Is much quieter a correct use of English?

eg: Few decades back, London was much quieter than it is today.



Your thoughts are deeply appreciated on this questions. Thanks in advanced
  

Top answer

1) Do es the past perfect tense require a specific time? Yes. eg: I had done my assignment yesterday before I went to work.

— Rover_KE

  • 1) Do es the past perfect tense require a specific time?
  • Yes.
  • eg: I had done my assignment yesterday before I went to work.
  • or should it be I did my assignment yesterday .
  • That works as a stand-alone sentence.
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1) Does the past perfect tense require a specific time? Yes.
eg: I had done my assignment yesterday before I went to work.

or should it be I did my assignment yesterday.
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1) So for a stand-alone sentence, did is much suitable compared to had done?

2) Given the two choices: some & much, which would be more accurate?

4) If I changed the first few words to
Last time, London...

Is the sentence still correct?

New question:
We all later found out that he had been a janitor and plumber apart o
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wakakaka1) So for a stand-alone sentence, did is much suitable compared to had done?
-Yes,past perfect needs a clause or prepositional phrase that indicates that something happened while another thing happened before .For example : I had done my homework. so what happened after
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Hi wakakaka,
Many natives will agree that unless you are writing a documentary, or doing a narrative on something, past perfect use should be avoided for everyday situations. It is perfectly acceptable to say: I did my laundry this morning before I went jogging. (no need to say "I had done my laundry...") despite the textbook grammar rules. Also, even with past events, we don't have to use pas
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2) I'm afraid I can't join you for the party tonight since I have much assignment to do

should I replace the much with some?
You are asking about British English, and I can tell you that your sentence is unnatural whichever way you put it:

'I have much assignment to do'.
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However I think you can say I have some homework assignment,can't you Rover ?
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Hi everlastinghope,

In natural conversation, let's say you are inviting me to come to your party this weekend, if I don't really like to go for any reason, I could say " Thanks for the invitation, but I have (a lot of) homework to do." Or, if I want to come but I really have work to do, then I may use the quantifier, "some" to suggest "not a lot" and I may say: Thanks for your invitation
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Thanks for the assistance. I do feel that I have much homework to do sounds more natural to the ears since you're giving a substantial excuse for not attending a certain event. And I just found out that among other things is correct compared to apart other things
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British students do not use assignment for homework.
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Rover_KEBritish students do not use assignment for homework.
Hi,
In the school context, assignment also means homework in the US as well.
But in the work environment, assignment is anything one's boss tells him to do other than what he normally does at his job.
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