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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Past perfect
Hi,
It was okay, considering the number of people he had fought with until then. (in past perfect, is 'until then' okay?)
b) Can we say: it was ruined by the people themselves.
c) He gave Mary a present all the while hoping that his friend too would give her a present and thus make things right. (should it be 'make' as part of 'his friend' clause or 'made' as part of the original clause? I am assuming it is the former.)
Regards,
It was okay, considering the number of people he had fought with until then. (in past perfect, is 'until then' okay?)
b) Can we say: it was ruined by the people themselves.
c) He gave Mary a present all the while hoping that his friend too would give her a present and thus make things right. (should it be 'make' as part of 'his friend' clause or 'made' as part of the original clause? I am assuming it is the former.)
Regards,
Top answer
All correct. parallel structure: would give and [would] make (bare infinitives, or base form) As an aside, I think your sentence c) could profit by the addition of a couple of commas.
- All correct.
- parallel structure: would give and [would] make (bare infinitives, or base form) As an aside, I think your sentence c) could profit by the addition of a couple of commas.
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All correct.
parallel structure: would give and [would] make (bare infinitives, or base form)
As an aside, I think your sentence c) could profit by the addition of a couple of commas.
parallel structure: would give and [would] make (bare infinitives, or base form)
As an aside, I think your sentence c) could profit by the addition of a couple of commas.
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