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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Sentence right or wrong?
"I have an elder brother married and settled in USA. He is working as an English lecturer".Is this sentence right or wrong?especially for somone,who did his masters in in English language?
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<<<"I have an elder brother married and settled in USA. He is working as an English lecturer">>> This is my take: If my interpretation is correct, "married" and "settled" have different grammatical identity here If we combined the t word in the same sentence, it seemed incorrect to me, because Married - is a past participle adjective ( as in I am married) and "settled" is used intransitively as a past tense verb (as in she is settling down with her new job). So to be more accurate, I would rephrase it to " I have an elder brother who is married and settling down in the USA.
- <<<"I have an elder brother married and settled in USA.
- He is working as an English lecturer">>> This is my take: If my interpretation is correct, "married" and "settled" have different grammatical identity here If we combined the t word in the same sentence, it seemed incorrect to me, because Married - is a past participle adjective ( as in I am married) and "settled" is used intransitively as a past tense verb (as in she is settling down with her new job).
- So to be more accurate, I would rephrase it to " I have an elder brother who is married and settling down in the USA.
- This will satisfied the requirement.
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<<<"I have an elder brother married and settled in USA. He is working as an English lecturer">>>
This is my take:
If my interpretation is correct, "married" and "settled" have different grammatical identity here If we combined the t word in the same sentence, it seemed incorrect to me, because Married - is a past participle adjective ( as in I am
This is my take:
If my interpretation is correct, "married" and "settled" have different grammatical identity here If we combined the t word in the same sentence, it seemed incorrect to me, because Married - is a past participle adjective ( as in I am
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AnonymousI have an elder brother (who) married and settled in the USA. He is working as an English lecturer.I would make the changes shown. Only the one in red is absolutely necessary. A comma instead of who is possible.
CJ
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