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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

three sentences in the pit

0I have three questions with the sentences I picked up from the posts in this forum for your correction. They are more or less directly from the posts in this forum.02br
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00First, In regard to the two sentences below, how are they different?02br
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01i001) Well, yes, I understand that it still has such a number.02i02br
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01i002) Well, yes, I understand that it stiill has such number.02i02br
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00Secondly, why did one use the "were" in the if-clause?02br
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01i00Ah.. Jenny, if there 01u00were02u00 a monkey in the garage ... What would I do ...? 02i02br
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00Thirdly, why didn't the writer place the "the" in front of the word "sequence"?02br
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01i00Regard (the???) 01u00sequence02u00 of tenses: Backshifting is always correct, but it is not required. 02i0-
  

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01. "Such" is followed by an uncountable or a plural; "such a " is followed by a countable in the singular. 02br 02br 002.

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  • "Such" is followed by an uncountable or a plural; "such a " is followed by a countable in the singular.
  • 02br 02br 002.
  • 02br 02br 003.
  • The original sentence was "regarding".
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01. "Such" is followed by an uncountable or a plural; "such a " is followed by a countable in the singular. So, the second sentence is not correct.02br
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002. Because there is no monkey in the garage, it's not real.02br
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003. The original sentence was "regarding". I guess CalifJim didn't use an article because he was viewing "sequence of tenses" as
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0 Third question:02br
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01i00sequence of tenses02i00 has no 01i00the02i00 because it is not to be understood as any specific sequence of tenses in any particular sentence. Placing 01i00the02i00 there would not be exactly wrong, but it makes it sound as if we are talking about a particular sequence of tense

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