tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623895610498697792.post7991949710182551781..comments2023-10-24T06:19:53.297-04:00Comments on Punctuate It!: And heeeeeere's the answerSharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01907907606763310804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623895610498697792.post-50146255823141199722009-05-23T15:42:29.376-04:002009-05-23T15:42:29.376-04:00Hi Bish. I think the exercise is likely referencin...Hi Bish. I think the exercise is likely referencing some study of past tenses, with the instructor clearly favouring past perfect. A couple of sentences to demonstrate how the "hads" could be used in a sentence might help.<br /><br />Simple past sentence (one had).<br /><br />It was a dark and stormy night. Bish had the phone to her ear when the lightening struck.<br /><br />Past perfect sentence (two hads and the clear winner as far as the instructor thought).<br /><br />I had been a dark and stormy night. Bish had had the phone to her ear when the lightening struck.<br /><br />Does that help the exercis make sense? It's about the use of the past tense of "to have."<br /><br />PS. Don't worry about misplaced commas or typos or whatever in the comment box. None of us can edit the puppies after we hit "Post Comment." Comments are like conversation, spontaneous, un-edited and low stress. :-)Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01907907606763310804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623895610498697792.post-37095403737768252472009-05-23T06:48:59.539-04:002009-05-23T06:48:59.539-04:00Oops. Need a comma and a second "it" in that first...Oops. Need a comma and a second "it" in that first sentence.Bish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623895610498697792.post-68615863033958881532009-05-23T06:47:50.070-04:002009-05-23T06:47:50.070-04:00No matter how I read it still makes no sense to me...No matter how I read it still makes no sense to me. I don't understand what's trying to be said!Bish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623895610498697792.post-75523471092394993432009-05-22T20:28:16.592-04:002009-05-22T20:28:16.592-04:00Oh no. Please not the spontaneous comubusting brai...Oh no. Please not the spontaneous comubusting brain! Stand back, folks.<br /><br />Honestly, what kind of idiot would really write that sentence in something they wanted to publish?<br /><br />Brains are safe. <br /><br />This was meant to freak out aspiring punctuators (is that a word? If not, I'm claiming it), and writers who dabble in the very frustrating English language.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01907907606763310804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-623895610498697792.post-39633466475919358802009-05-22T20:16:04.377-04:002009-05-22T20:16:04.377-04:00*brain just spontaneously combusted**brain just spontaneously combusted*Danyelle L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10366276085080565870noreply@blogger.com