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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Our lesson for today is...
A. Our lesson for today is about present tense and past tense.
B. Our lesson for today is about the present tense and past tense.
C. Our lesson for today is about the present tense and the past tense.
D. Our lesson for today is about present and past tense.
E. Our lesson for today is about the present and past tense.
F. Our lesson for today is about the present and the past tense.
1. Which of the sentences above are grammatical and natural?
2. If two or more are possible, is there any difference between using 'the' and no 'the'?
3. If D, E, and F are correct, should I use 'tenses' instead of 'tense' since I'm actually talking about two tenses: present and past?
4. Can I omit 'about' in the sentences above without making them incorrect?
I would very much appreciate your assistance. Thanks.
B. Our lesson for today is about the present tense and past tense.
C. Our lesson for today is about the present tense and the past tense.
D. Our lesson for today is about present and past tense.
E. Our lesson for today is about the present and past tense.
F. Our lesson for today is about the present and the past tense.
1. Which of the sentences above are grammatical and natural?
2. If two or more are possible, is there any difference between using 'the' and no 'the'?
3. If D, E, and F are correct, should I use 'tenses' instead of 'tense' since I'm actually talking about two tenses: present and past?
4. Can I omit 'about' in the sentences above without making them incorrect?
I would very much appreciate your assistance. Thanks.
Top answer
Use 'the'. Sentence C is the correct one. You could also say: "about the present and past tenses".
- Use 'the'.
- Sentence C is the correct one.
- You could also say: "about the present and past tenses".
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Use 'the'. Sentence C is the correct one. You could also say: "about the present and past tenses".
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Thank you so much for your quick and helpful response.
Would you say only C and E (tenses) are correct and all the other options are incorrect?
Also, can I omit 'about' in the sentence without making it ungrammatical?
If so, which is more natural: with or without 'about'?
Would you say only C and E (tenses) are correct and all the other options are incorrect?
Also, can I omit 'about' in the sentence without making it ungrammatical?
If so, which is more natural: with or without 'about'?
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I see C is the only correct sentence, but I can also say 'about the present and past tenses' as you suggested earlier; and 'about' should be used.
Thank you so much for helping me. I appreciate it.
Thank you so much for helping me. I appreciate it.
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