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Started by Idozen Cair, March 08, 2011, 09:08:51 AM

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Idozen Cair

I just wanted to ask you guys about some grammar problems:

1. In an essay, I wrote this sentence:
   Dad said, 'I missed you very much! Where are Dan and Mum?'
   The teacher marked that 'What are' should be 'What is', which makes it:
   Dad said, 'I missed you very much! Where is Dan and Mum?'
   Is this right?

2. A question on the worksheet said:
   What did the sound of the tornado sound like?
My answer: It sounded like a train.
   The teacher marked that 'sounded' should be 'sounds'
Which means: It sounds like a train.
But yet the question starts with 'did'.
Can someone explain?
I doesn't care, do I?

MikeW781

In the first instance, I think your teacher is wrong... I'd ask her about that.

In the second one, its a picky, useless edit to make, but I think that your teacher wanted you to use the present continuative tense instead of the imperfect. This edit is in my opinion, wrong, but it at least might have a reason.
I'd ask her why both of those were wrong, without accusing her of making mistakes.
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bugfartboy

The second one is good in past tense.

Idozen Cair

I doesn't care, do I?

bugfartboy

Oh! And what you put for the first one is good too.

Idozen Cair

Oh yes. Teacher's answer for the first:

It sounds more fluent in conversation if you use 'is' but grammatically speaking, 'are' should be used.
I doesn't care, do I?

CraigStern

Both of your teacher's edits are incorrect.