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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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tense correction

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00Please correct this simple writing.02br
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00I went to my uncle's house yesterday. There, I saw my aunt, who looked like she came back from shopping -- by looking at the shopping bags strewn about near the door when I entered his house. "They are into tidiness," I thought; that was understanble since they both worked. Upon entering it, I also saw my grandmother's cup on the livingroom table and I gathered she must be either here or went by. My mind began to wonder, "Where would she be if she is here?" Anyway, I thought I was not going to go any where with that thought so I decided to turn on the television. My uncle had what looked to be a brand-new Samsung television and the picture quality was superb -- the pictures looked so real that it was like I was seeing the real stuff. In the middle of it, I heard the bedroom door opened and saw my grandmother. Instantly she yelled, "XXX, what are you doing watching that soap. You shouldn't watch that; you should be with your cousion helping him do his homework. Go to his room. He is waiting for you." For a moment, a thought came on in my mind that that sounded just like my mother. I thought I was free from all my mother's nagging when I came here and then, realized I met my "another" mother.02br
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00Hi, could I be able to put quotation marks around a word like "another" which we normaly use an article with and use/place an article before it?? 0-
  

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0 Hi,02br 02br 00I went to my uncle's house yesterday. There, I saw my aunt, who looked like she had just come back from shopping, judging by the shopping bags strewn about near the door when I entered the house. "They are into tidiness," I thought.

  • 0 Hi,02br 02br 00I went to my uncle's house yesterday.
  • There, I saw my aunt, who looked like she had just come back from shopping, judging by the shopping bags strewn about near the door when I entered the house.
  • "They are into tidiness," I thought.
  • That was understandable since they both worked.
  • Upon entering the house, I also saw my grandmother's cup on the living-room table and I gathered she must be either here or had just gone by.
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0 Hi,02br
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00I went to my uncle's house yesterday. There, I saw my aunt, who looked like she had just come back from shopping, judging by the shopping bags strewn about near the door when I entered the house. "They are into tidiness," I thought. That was understandable since they both worked. Upon entering the house, I also saw my grandmother's cup on the living-room ta
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0 Thank you. Why did you make the corrections lke you did??02br
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01font00I gathered she must be either here or had just gone by. My mind began to wonder, "Where would she be if she were here?"02br
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00Pasting the above sentences again:02br
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00I gathered she 1) must be either here 00(can I use "mu
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0 Sorry to ask you this but could you tell me why you used the past perfect tenses?02br
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01font00Upon entering the house, I also saw my grandmother's cup on the living-room table and I gathered she must be either here or had just gone by.02br
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00For a moment, a thought came to my mind that that sounded just like my mother.
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0HI again,02br
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00Thank you. Why did you make the corrections lke you did??02br
02br
01font00I gathered she must be either here or had just gone by. My mind began to wonder, "Where would she be if she were here?"02br
02br
00Pasting the above sentences again:02br
02br
00I gathered she 1)
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0 00Hi,02br
00Sorry to ask you this but could you tell me why you used the past perfect tenses?00Generally speaking, to make the sequence of events clear.02br
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01font00Upon entering the house, I also saw my grandmother's cup on the living-room table and I gathered she must be either here or had just gone by.02br
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0Thank you. again. You were more than kind to have answered my questions. Since the need to know is strong, I want to ask you one more question.02br
00This sentence:02br
01font00 I gathered she must be either here ...02br
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00I think you would agree that 'gathered' is almost synonomous with the word 'thought'; and based on
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0 00Hi,02br
00I want to ask you one more question.02br
00This sentence:02br
01font00 I gathered she must be either here ...02br
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00I think you would agree that 'gathered' is almost synonomous with the word 'thought' 00yes00 and based on that, I want to pose this queston:02br
00Why the w

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