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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Sentence dilemma
1. Why does it have to be a past tense? Which event occurred first?
The conference has been involved in controversy for over a year before the first president arrived.
2. Can the underlined part (looks to me like a prepositional phrase) act as a noun or a complement (I don't which it is). Should it be 'ways' and not 'way' in the phrase 'The number one way'?
The number one way I like to spend my time is with my family and work.
The conference has been involved in controversy for over a year before the first president arrived.
2. Can the underlined part (looks to me like a prepositional phrase) act as a noun or a complement (I don't which it is). Should it be 'ways' and not 'way' in the phrase 'The number one way'?
The number one way I like to spend my time is with my family and work.
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Hi, To be honest, I think both of the sentences are sloppily written, particularly the first of them. The conference has been involved in controversy for over a year before the first president arrived. As a native English-speaker, I have to search around for a meaning for it.
- Hi, To be honest, I think both of the sentences are sloppily written, particularly the first of them.
- The conference has been involved in controversy for over a year before the first president arrived.
- As a native English-speaker, I have to search around for a meaning for it.
- Perhaps it means this: The conference has been involved in controversy for over a year, ever since before the first president first arrived.
- Then again, perhaps it means something else.
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Hi,
To be honest, I think both of the sentences are sloppily written, particularly the first of them.
The conference has been involved in controversy for over a year before the first president arrived.
As a native English-speaker, I have to search around for a meaning for it. Perhaps it means this:
The conference has been involved in controversy for over a yea
To be honest, I think both of the sentences are sloppily written, particularly the first of them.
The conference has been involved in controversy for over a year before the first president arrived.
As a native English-speaker, I have to search around for a meaning for it. Perhaps it means this:
The conference has been involved in controversy for over a yea
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The conference had been involved in controversy for over a year before the first president arrived. [Past perfect action started before simple past action occured.]
"The number one way" should be followed by only one "way": spend time and work = two "ways".
"The number one way" should be followed by only one "way": spend time and work = two "ways".
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