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Pilita Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Is this a complete sentence?

While farm workers have to wake up every day asking themselves how feed their families, the guero-the oppressor-grew happier and wealthier.

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I cannot see anything wrong in it. Sounds complete.

— Fair Lady

  • I cannot see anything wrong in it.
  • Sounds complete.
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I cannot see anything wrong in it. Sounds complete.
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It's complete, but it still doesn't make sense. "while" connects things which are happening at the same time. "farm workers have to wake up every day ..." and "the oppressor grew happier ..." happen in the present and the past, respectively, so cannot be connected by "while". This can be corrected in either of two ways: "farm workers had to ..." OR "the oppressor grows happier ...", but not b
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I was trying to connect the two clauses in the present tense.

Thank you for your suggestions
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... but "while" can also be used to contrast ideas, right?
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Right. The U.S. has a presidential system while England has a parliamentary system of government.

CJ
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