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Angel girl1 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Tenses.
Dear experts,
Could you please correct theses uses of tenses?
Note: Please you needn't correct the original paragraph, there may be other better ways of expressing thoughts, but the emphasis here is on tenses.
1) Pakistan's former prime minister is (be) in trouble again. Last week a court sentences (sentence) her and her husband to five years in jail and fined (fine) them $8.6 million on charges of (take) kick-backs while in office. Ironically, the firm they were found (find) to have taken payments from hiring (hire) is combating (combat) another sort of corruption: customs-duty evasion.
Bhutto remains (remain) her country's most powerful politician. Despite being removed (remove) from office twice on corruption charges, her husband has already been (be, already) in jail awaiting (await) trial on numerous other charges. He denies (deny) these charges.
The most recent corruption allegation was investigated (investigate) in Switzerland by a Swiss court and the two Labors High judges who convicted (convict) her. Bhutto was typically (be, typically) defiant proclaiming (proclaim) her innocence and accusing (accuse) the judges of bias and that the Swiss magistrate operated (operate) by fabricated documents of the current government. " Everybody thinks (think) she is (be) guilty" says Najam Sethi, "But a lot of people have (have) doubts about the procedures and the way this trial was rushed (rush)."
2) In Banjuh the capital of Gambia, I met with a group of people of Gambians. They told (tell) me how for centuries the history of Africa has been preserved. In the older villages of the back country, there are old men called griots, who are (be) in effect living archives. Such men memorize (memorize) and, on special occasions, recite (recite) the cumulative histories of clans or families or villages as those histories is long told (long, tell). Since my forefather said (say) his name to be (be) Kintay properly spells (properly, spell) Kinte, and since the Kinte clan is known (know) on Gambia, the group of Gambians would see (see) what they could do (can, do) to help me. Being (be) back in New York when a registered letter arrived (arrive) from Gambia. Word was passed (pass) in the back country, and a griot of the clan was found (find). His name, the letter says (say), is (be) Kebba Kanga Fofana. I will return (return) to Gambia and organize (organize) a safari to locate him.
Thanks a lot.
Could you please correct theses uses of tenses?
Note: Please you needn't correct the original paragraph, there may be other better ways of expressing thoughts, but the emphasis here is on tenses.
1) Pakistan's former prime minister is (be) in trouble again. Last week a court sentences (sentence) her and her husband to five years in jail and fined (fine) them $8.6 million on charges of (take) kick-backs while in office. Ironically, the firm they were found (find) to have taken payments from hiring (hire) is combating (combat) another sort of corruption: customs-duty evasion.
Bhutto remains (remain) her country's most powerful politician. Despite being removed (remove) from office twice on corruption charges, her husband has already been (be, already) in jail awaiting (await) trial on numerous other charges. He denies (deny) these charges.
The most recent corruption allegation was investigated (investigate) in Switzerland by a Swiss court and the two Labors High judges who convicted (convict) her. Bhutto was typically (be, typically) defiant proclaiming (proclaim) her innocence and accusing (accuse) the judges of bias and that the Swiss magistrate operated (operate) by fabricated documents of the current government. " Everybody thinks (think) she is (be) guilty" says Najam Sethi, "But a lot of people have (have) doubts about the procedures and the way this trial was rushed (rush)."
2) In Banjuh the capital of Gambia, I met with a group of people of Gambians. They told (tell) me how for centuries the history of Africa has been preserved. In the older villages of the back country, there are old men called griots, who are (be) in effect living archives. Such men memorize (memorize) and, on special occasions, recite (recite) the cumulative histories of clans or families or villages as those histories is long told (long, tell). Since my forefather said (say) his name to be (be) Kintay properly spells (properly, spell) Kinte, and since the Kinte clan is known (know) on Gambia, the group of Gambians would see (see) what they could do (can, do) to help me. Being (be) back in New York when a registered letter arrived (arrive) from Gambia. Word was passed (pass) in the back country, and a griot of the clan was found (find). His name, the letter says (say), is (be) Kebba Kanga Fofana. I will return (return) to Gambia and organize (organize) a safari to locate him.
Thanks a lot.
Top answer
) Last week a court sentences (sentence) her and her husband to five years in jail charges of (take) kick-backs while in office. to have taken payments from hiring (hire) is combating- - This clause makes no sense, so I cannot judge 'hire'. her husband has already been (be, already) in jail He denies (deny) these charges.
- ) Last week a court sentences (sentence) her and her husband to five years in jail charges of (take) kick-backs while in office.
- to have taken payments from hiring (hire) is combating- - This clause makes no sense, so I cannot judge 'hire'.
- her husband has already been (be, already) in jail He denies (deny) these charges.
- -- This clause makes no sense, so I cannot judge 'operate'.
- 2) as those histories is long told (long, tell).
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These are wrong:
1) (The whole passage is difficult to judge because Bhutto is dead, and so is her husband, I think.)
Last week a court sentences (sentence) her and her husband to five years in jail
charges of (take) kick-backs while in office.
to have taken payments from hiring (hire) is combating-- This clause makes no sense, s
1) (The whole passage is difficult to judge because Bhutto is dead, and so is her husband, I think.)
Last week a court sentences (sentence) her and her husband to five years in jail
charges of (take) kick-backs while in office.
to have taken payments from hiring (hire) is combating-- This clause makes no sense, s
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Mister Micawber1) (The whole passage is difficult to judge because Bhutto is dead, and so is her husband, I think.)Thanks for you comment, but I know that she died in 2007, but this article was written before her death. So I conjugate the article in its context. That's why I wrote a note in the beginning of my post.
Mister MicawberLas
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I simply do not have the patience to work through all your quotes and counter-remarks. Please just try to fix the mistakes and I will check them again.
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Mister MicawberI simply do not have the patience to work through all your quotes and counter-remarks. Please just try ot fix the mistakes and I will check them again.Thanks a lot 'Mister Micawber', I'm sorry for disturbance. they are not "counter-remarks", but I'm just trying to understand. Ok, I will wait for another expert to help. Sorry again!
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they are not "counter-remarks", but I'm just trying to understand.-- By counter-remarks, I just mean further comments. I do not think you're being confrontational at all. I meant only what I said: I haven't the patience to work through all those little boxes and responses. Simply post the corrected sentences and I will be happy to review them.
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Mister MicawberSimply post the corrected sentences and I will be happy to review them.This article was written before her death.
1) Pakistan's former prime minister is (be) in trouble again. Last week a court sentenced (sentence) her and her husband to five years in jail and fined (fine) them $8.6 million on charges of taking
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These are still wrong:
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to have taken payments from hiring (hire) -- This clause makes no sense so I cannot judge the verb form.
her husband has already been (be, already) in jail
the Swiss magistrate operated(operate) by fabricated documents -- This clause makes no sense so I cannot judge the verb form.
2)
1)
to have taken payments from hiring (hire) -- This clause makes no sense so I cannot judge the verb form.
her husband has already been (be, already) in jail
the Swiss magistrate operated(operate) by fabricated documents -- This clause makes no sense so I cannot judge the verb form.
2)
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Thanks.
1)her husband has already been (be, already) in jail
I can't provide another answer. Please explain it.
2)
histories have long been told.
Since my forefather said (say) his name is (be) Kintay properly spelled (properly, spell) Kinte.
and since the Kinte clan was known (know) on Gambia
1)her husband has already been (be, already) in jail
I can't provide another answer. Please explain it.
2)
histories have long been told.
Since my forefather said (say) his name is (be) Kintay properly spelled (properly, spell) Kinte.
and since the Kinte clan was known (know) on Gambia
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1)
her husband is already (be, already) in jail -- According to the sense of the passage, he is there now.
2)
Since my forefather said (say) his name was (be) Kintay, properly spelled (properly, spell) Kinte.
Word had (been) passed (pass) in the back country-- Both active and passive forms are possible
her husband is already (be, already) in jail -- According to the sense of the passage, he is there now.
2)
Since my forefather said (say) his name was (be) Kintay, properly spelled (properly, spell) Kinte.
Word had (been) passed (pass) in the back country-- Both active and passive forms are possible
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