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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Summarized vs. has summarized
A. I received an award last year. That summarized all the contributions I made to my previous employer.
B. I received an award last year. That has summarized all the contributions I made to my previous employer.
C. I received an award last year. It was a summary of all the contributions I made to my previous employer.
D. I received an award last year. It has been a summary of all the contributions I made to my previous employer.
1. Which of the sentences above are correct?
2. If both are correct in each set, what is the difference in meaning between them?
3. Is the present perfect possible in the given context that it was an award received last year and it refers to contributions made in the past to the previous employer?
4. Which is the best option to say for an interview?
5. By the way, am I correct to have written the emboldened 'was' in #3? Or should it be 'is'? Which would you write? Please explain if there's any difference in meaning.
6. Also, which is correct between "contributions made to..." or "contributions made for..."?
B. I received an award last year. That has summarized all the contributions I made to my previous employer.
C. I received an award last year. It was a summary of all the contributions I made to my previous employer.
D. I received an award last year. It has been a summary of all the contributions I made to my previous employer.
1. Which of the sentences above are correct?
2. If both are correct in each set, what is the difference in meaning between them?
3. Is the present perfect possible in the given context that it was an award received last year and it refers to contributions made in the past to the previous employer?
4. Which is the best option to say for an interview?
5. By the way, am I correct to have written the emboldened 'was' in #3? Or should it be 'is'? Which would you write? Please explain if there's any difference in meaning.
6. Also, which is correct between "contributions made to..." or "contributions made for..."?
Top answer
You would say, "Am I correct to have written "was" in bold in #3? C is the only correct choice. The second sentence of A reads as a fragment, or "that" might be the subject, but it would refer to the award, and the award would not be a summarization.
- You would say, "Am I correct to have written "was" in bold in #3?
- C is the only correct choice.
- The second sentence of A reads as a fragment, or "that" might be the subject, but it would refer to the award, and the award would not be a summarization.
- The present perfect is not indicated as in B and D because it is not a past action that continues to the present.
- I have been here for 3 months includes my having been here at some point in the past until the present moment.
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Embolden is not the correct word for boldfaced letters..You would say, "Am I correct to have written "was" in bold in #3?
C is the only correct choice. The second sentence of A reads as a fragment, or "that" might be the subject, but it would refer to the award, and the award would not be a summarization. The present perfect is not indicated as in B and D because it is not a past action
C is the only correct choice. The second sentence of A reads as a fragment, or "that" might be the subject, but it would refer to the award, and the award would not be a summarization. The present perfect is not indicated as in B and D because it is not a past action
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Thank you very much, Englishmaven, for sharing your thoughts on this. I really appreciate it. Yes, I do have some questions, if you wouldn't mind, please.
EnglishmavenThe second sentence of A reads as a fragment,When you say "fragment" here, do you mean the second sentence of A sounds incomplete?
Englishmaven"that" might be the subjec
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