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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

prepares /prepared

0 00 Mary, my maid who 01b00worked for us last year02b00, 01b00prepares / prepared02b00 delicious food for us every day. 02br
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00 Should ‘prepares’ or ‘prepared’ be used? 02br
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0I take it she no longer works for you. prepared as it is in the past - last year. '0-

— Nona the brit

  • 0I take it she no longer works for you.
  • prepared as it is in the past - last year.
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0I take it she no longer works for you. prepared as it is in the past - last year. 02br
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00If she does still work for you then the whole sentence needs amending 'Mary, the maid who has worked for us since last year, prepares delicious food ....'0-
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0 00Thanks, Nona. 02br
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00I don't understand why my friend insists that it should be 'prepares' when the maid has gone back to her country.02br
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0 Well, your friend is wrong. Why he/she insists on this, I couldn't say. 0-
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00I'm not sure that sentence can be interpreted without context. Without context, I'd say it's not ok either way. But maybe it's just me...02br
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00Mary, 01b00my (???)02b00 maid who worked for us last year, 01b00prepared02b00 delicious food for us every day. - 01font00My maid
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0 00Hi Nona02br
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00Mary, my maid who worked for us last year, prepares / prepared delicious food for us every day.02br
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00Kooyen said that it should be '... the maid...' instead of 'my maid' because she is no longer working for me, so she is no longer my maid. 02br
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00Is his reasoning correct?02br
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0 Yes, 01i00the02i00. 0-
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0Yes, sorry, I corrected it to 'the' in my post but forgot to explain why.02br
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00(I'd say 'they' in speech instead of he/she).0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Yes, sorry, I corrected it to 'the' in my post but forgot to explain why.12br
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10(I'd say 'they' in speech instead of he/she).12br
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10I also believe that Kooyen is correct in saying it should be 'the' since she is no longer my maid.0-
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01cite10Kooyeen12cite11font12font12br
10I also have to say that all of the above sentences imply that there is more than one maid. If there is only one maid, then I would add a comma before "who"12br
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10I read my post again, and that sentence I quoted is
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