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Good Gushy
Joined: Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:02 am
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 Can you please help me with this grammar problem? How do I fix a sentence that has a predication error? For example, "Our resolutions should begin at midnight on Jan 1." How in the world do I fix that sentence please?
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| Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:02 am |
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Stella Blue
Joined: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:05 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? There is nothing wrong with this sentence grammatically. Maybe say: "Our resolutions should begin at midnight on Jan 1, the moment the new year begins." That way you eliminate the confusion about midnight of 12/30 or 1/1.
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| Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:16 am |
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karen wonderful
Joined: Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:03 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? Just take out the "on:,
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turasl
Joined: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:03 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? "our solutions will begin at...."
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| Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:32 am |
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tychi
Joined: Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:04 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? On January 1st, at midnight the resolution will begin.
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| Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:33 am |
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Muralasa
Joined: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:04 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? What's the context of the sentence? There aren't any grammar problems with your sentence. It's a style problem. In formal writing, you're not supposed to assert that others "should" do anything. In order to fix it properly, we'd have to know what the context is, why you said what you said, what you meant by it, and find a way to work around it. Try, for example, "Resolutions often begin at midnight".
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cassandra
Joined: Sun May 11, 2008 5:02 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? Is midnight January 1 a second before 1/2? Are we supposed to beging then midnight 12/31. Otherwise, whew, what is wrong with that sentence?
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| Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:39 am |
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Lyney
Joined: Thu Jul 24, 2008 5:05 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? Our resolutions should begin at midnight on Jan. 1st.
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| Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:48 am |
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Tom
Joined: Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:21 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? There is nothing wrong with this sentence.
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I'mbetterthanyou
Joined: Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:03 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? That sentence has no real problems.
But if this is for school, you might try telling your teacher that unless you have to talk in passive voice all the time, she might just ignore "prediction errors".
Your not writing the rest in present tense, why should you write that sentence that way?
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| Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:48 am |
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lexigirl
Joined: Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:05 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? Reverse "at midnight" and "on Jan 1?. The sentence should be,
"Our resolutions should begin on Jan 1 at midnight."
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| Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:48 am |
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livneetdhindsa
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:02 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? Our resolutions should begin at midnight on Jan 1
our resolutions begin jan 1 at midnight.
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| Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:49 am |
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ElementaryJane
Joined: Mon May 26, 2008 5:04 am
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Re: Can you please help me with this grammar problem? Resolutions cannot "begin". They "take effect".
"We begin our resolutions" or "our resolutions take effect".
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