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Ritchie Le Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Trying to improve my grammar skills; getting confused between using past and present tense in writing.
Hello,
I wish to improve my grammar skills and as a result of it, is being more self-conscious in how I write sentences. One of the issues I have in writing is using present and past tense. From what I have gathered, a paragraph should be written in one consistent verd tense; for example, if I write the first sentence of a paragraph in present tense form, the rest of the sentences in the paragraph should also be written in present tense.
Below is a sentence-both written in present and past tense- that I would like to know is correct.
For present tense, would it be written as "I am not satisifed with my current grammar skills and because, I have decided to work on it."
The thing that is bothering me is the present tense of 'have decided.' I am not sure if the word phrase is considered correct.
For past tense, would it be "I was not satisifed with my current grammar skills and because, I had decided to work on it."
For the past tense sentence, would it be okay to use "I decided to work on it" instead? Thanks.
I wish to improve my grammar skills and as a result of it, is being more self-conscious in how I write sentences. One of the issues I have in writing is using present and past tense. From what I have gathered, a paragraph should be written in one consistent verd tense; for example, if I write the first sentence of a paragraph in present tense form, the rest of the sentences in the paragraph should also be written in present tense.
Below is a sentence-both written in present and past tense- that I would like to know is correct.
For present tense, would it be written as "I am not satisifed with my current grammar skills and because, I have decided to work on it."
The thing that is bothering me is the present tense of 'have decided.' I am not sure if the word phrase is considered correct.
For past tense, would it be "I was not satisifed with my current grammar skills and because, I had decided to work on it."
For the past tense sentence, would it be okay to use "I decided to work on it" instead? Thanks.
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These are correct: I am not satisifed with my current grammar skills , and therefore I have decided to work on them . I was not satisifed with my current grammar skills , and therefore I decided to work on them.
- These are correct: I am not satisifed with my current grammar skills , and therefore I have decided to work on them .
- I was not satisifed with my current grammar skills , and therefore I decided to work on them.
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These are correct:
I am not satisifed with my current grammar skills, and therefore I have decided to work on them.
I was not satisifed with my current grammar skills, and therefore I decided to work on them.
I am not satisifed with my current grammar skills, and therefore I have decided to work on them.
I was not satisifed with my current grammar skills, and therefore I decided to work on them.
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Ritchie Le From what I have gathered, a paragraph should be written in one consistent verd tense; for example, if I write the first sentence of a paragraph in present tense form, the rest of the sentences in the paragraph should also be written in present tense.Whether my opinion is deemed correct, I personally feel that the tense of the sentence depends on t
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Thanks, Micawber. I cannot believe I have forgotten to complete my sentence; I have forgotten to finish the "because.." part.
Thanks for the help. I see what my mistakes are. I use the word "It" instead of "them." Can you explain the placement of the comma before "and" to me? Is it because the comma is used on a grammatical connjuctions that lead to an independent clause?
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Thanks for the help. I see what my mistakes are. I use the word "It" instead of "them." Can you explain the placement of the comma before "and" to me? Is it because the comma is used on a grammatical connjuctions that lead to an independent clause?
I
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Yes, " , and " separates independent clauses. A comma after short adverbs is unnecessary, especially when it slows the sentence flow with too many commas.
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i am not good at gramma as well....so i have some questions of above sentences suggested from mr. micawber
I am not satisifed with my current grammar skills, and therefore I have decided to work on them.
I was not satisifed with my current grammar skills, and therefore I decided to work on them.
i don't quite understand the tenses in t
I am not satisifed with my current grammar skills, and therefore I have decided to work on them.
I was not satisifed with my current grammar skills, and therefore I decided to work on them.
i don't quite understand the tenses in t
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the first one is present tense and how come used "have decided" but not just decided like the 2nd sentence. -- You'll have to ask the original composer, but either is possible. Present perfect sounds more reasonable to me; presumably the speaker wishes to indicate the recency of the decision.
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