STYLE IN WRITTEN ENGLISH

Question Tags

(Strict Questions) is a short question at the end of a statement sentence that serves to reinforce the statement in question.

Example:

1.      He's a doctor, is not he?

2.      You are not happy, are you?

3.      Mary is not here, is she?

Sequence Of Tenses

If there are two events that occur in direct sequence, then the tenses used are concrete past and simple past.

Characteristics: there is no time lag and there is usually a cause

Example:

1.      after he closed the door, he went to bed

2.      After she arrived, the bus left

Conjunction: after, before, when, as soon as

If there are two events that occur in an indirect sequence, then the tenses used are past perfect and simple past.

Characteristics: the first event in the sentence uses the past perfect, and the second incident uses past tense.

Example:

1.      they went on holiday after they had taken an exam

2.      Before the police came, the thief had left

Conjunction: as soon as, after, before, when

If there is a first occurrence has lasted some time at a certain time duration when the second incident occurred, then the tenses used are past perfect continuous and simple past.

Example:

1.      when I visited her yesterday, she had been studying for two hours

2.      They had been playing futsal for an hour when we came

If the first occurrence takes place when the second incident occurs, then the tenses used are past continuous and simple past.

Example:

1.      I was watching TV while she knocked at the door

2.      I was writing a letter when my mother called me

Conjunction: when, while, as

If there are two events that occur simultaneously then used tenses are past continuous and past continuous.

Example:

1.      my father was reading magazine while my mother was cooking

2.      I was studying when my brother was sleeping

SAY OR TELL

Say and Tell have slightly different meanings, namely "say" and "say". In Grammar (English), especially in the topic Reported Speech, both have different patterns.

Say and Tell example:

1.      Would you come with us tomorrow

(Will you come with us tomorrow?).

2.      He asked me if I want to go with them the following day.

(He asked me if I would go with them the next day).

3.      I did not do it! (I did not do it!)

He said that he had not done it. (He said that he did not do it).

4.      I'll bring the book back tomorrow. 

(I'll bring the book back tomorrow)

5.      She said that she would bring the book back the following day

(He said he would bring the book back the next day).

ANTECENDENES OF PRONOUN

Pronoun is a word used to replace noun, noun phrase, noun clause, other pronoun, or any other construction acting as noun. In a sentence, this word can refer to the previously mentioned noun. While antecedent is a word, phrase, or clause that is referenced or replaced by pronoun. In a sentence, usually antecedent is before pronoun.

Example Antecendenes Of Pronoun:

1.      To get rich, the man gave his money away to charity.

(To be rich, the man donates his money to charity).

2.      You should submit the report to your teacher immediately.

(You must submit the report to your teacher as soon as possible).

3.      Luna and Iin have decided to do their task.

(Luna and Iin have decided to rework their work).

DANGLING CONSTRUCTION

In English writing, dangling construction is a modifier that fails in a sentence. The task of the modifier is to describe in particular a word.

Example :

1.      "having read your letter, my cat will stay indoors until the ducklings fly off" in this meaning means that the cat is reading a letter when the author's true max is we will let the cat in the house as long as we read the letter. The proper modifier should be "having read your letter, we will keep our cat indoors until the ducklings fly off"

2.      "Meticulous and punctual, david's work ethic is admirable" modifier "meticulous and punctual" fails to explain "david" and instead explains "david's work ethic". The correct sentence is "meticulous and punctual, david has an admirable work ethic".

SUMBER :

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http://taqobahana.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/say-vs-tell/

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