Precis and Composition Paper 2011 - Page 12

Sheeraz S · #**111** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Guyz!

If your one sentence in pair of words is correct, surely, you will be awarded one mark. This is confirmed! This is why, this part has 10 marks-- One for each and two for a pair.

Fortune · #**112** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by abrowaqas

1. Please speak to the concerned clerk.
Ans: Please speak to the clerk concerned.

2. you have got time too short for that.
Ans: You haven't enough time for that.
or
Time is too short for you to do that.

3. Not only he was a thief, but he was also a murderer.
Ans. Not only he was a thief, but also a murderer.

4. They thought that the plan would be succeeded.
Ans: They thought that the plan would succeed.

5. It is unlikely that he wins the race.
Ans: It is unlikely he wins the race.

6. My uncle has told me something about it yesterday.
Ans: My uncle told me something about it the previous day.

7. I hoped that by the time I would have got there it would have stopped raining.
Ans: I hoped that by the time I had gotten there it would have stopped raining.

8. They prevented the driver to stop.
And: They prevented the driver from stopping.

are these correct?

5. It is unlikely of him to win the race.
6. My uncle told me something about it yesterday. ( When past time is mentioned in any sentence, past indefinite is used instead of past perfect. There was no need to change yesterday to previous day as we were not asked to make narration.)
7. I never heard that gotten is third form of get. Forget has its third for as forgotten, but ... )

Sheeraz S · #**113** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fortune

5. It is unlikely of him to win the race.
6. My uncle told me something about it yesterday. ( When past time is mentioned in any sentence, past indefinite is used instead of past perfect. There was no need to change yesterday to previous day as we were not asked to make narration.)
7. I never heard that gotten is third form of get. Forget has its third for as forgotten, but ... )

Correction:

Unlikely is not followed by "of" in this sentence. The correct one is:

It is unlikely that he will win the race.

You're right about 6th sentence and your logic is also spot on! By the way, "gotten" is third form of "got" in the US English. But it doesn't fit here!

Sheeraz S · #**114** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

One more correction:

Guyz,

When you start sentence with "not only", then make sure it is followed by the helping verb.

Wrong--> Not only he was a thief, but he was also a murderer.

Correct--> Not only was he a thief, but he was also a murderer (or-- but also a murderer)

The same rule is applied for words "neither" and "nor".

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Fortune · #**115** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheeraz S

One more correction:

Guyz,

When you start sentence with "not only", then make sure it is followed by the helping verb.

Wrong--> Not only he was a thief, but he was also a murderer.

Correct--> Not only was he a thief, but he was also a murderer (or-- but also a murderer)

The same rule is applied for words "neither" and "nor".

Follow this link for expert's view:

English as a Second Language: using,not only.....but also, formal communication, parallelism

dear! The rule u have mentioned here is for inversion. See certificate english grammer by allen atherton. In inversion, we have to use helping verb before such expressions as hardly, barely, scarcely, in no account, not only...but +subject+also, under no circumstances etc. For example, hardly did i complete my task. Here it gives almost negative sense. Structur with not on and bu also in inversion is like: not only was he worried but he also committed mistakes. Again see grammer by betty schemphere. More interestingly, while speaking sentences of inversion, we cannot stress helping verbs as we do in normal questions.

Sheeraz S · #**116** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

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Originally Posted by Fortune

dear! The rule u have mentioned here is for inversion. See certificate english grammer by allen atherton. In inversion, we have to use helping verb before such expressions as hardly, barely, scarcely, in no account, not only...but +subject+also, under no circumstances etc. For example, hardly did i complete my task. Here it gives almost negative sense. Structur with not on and bu also in inversion is like: not only was he worried but he also committed mistakes. Again see grammer by betty schemphere. More interestingly, while speaking sentences of inversion, we cannot stress helping verbs as we do in normal questions.

In case of non-inversion, it would have been better to write it as:

He was not only a thief but also a murderer.

For my academic curiosity, please enlighten me as to how my approach is not according to the set rules of English grammarians? I am looking for an exact book from where this sentence was taken; I remember I came across correction of such sentence before exams! And I'm confident that I did it right.

Sheeraz S · #**117** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Dear Fortune,

Read Grammatical Conjunctions on This link

Grammatical conjunction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I copy an example from above link:

Not only is he handsome but he is also brilliant.

Now compare it with my correction:

Not only was he a thief, but he was also a murderer

Fortune · #**118** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheeraz S

In case of non-inversion, it would have been better to write it as:

He was not only a thief but also a murderer.

For my academic curiosity, please enlighten me as to how my approach is not according to the set rules of English grammarians? I am looking for an exact book from where this sentence was taken; I remember I came across correction of such sentence before exams! And I'm confident that I did it right.

Dear! the source from which exact sentence is hard to mention as every grammar book has such sections with different examples. Though i never practiced such sentence correction before exams, but my liking for grammar has led me to investigate many books. Even if you go through notes on correction of sentences by Professor Mazahar and Professor Yousif, you will get to know what is actual rule set forth for this type of sentences.

Fortune · #**119** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sheeraz S

Dear Fortune,

Read Grammatical Conjunctions on This link

Grammatical conjunction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I copy an example from above link:

Not only is he handsome but he is also brilliant.

Now compare it with my correction:

Not only was he a thief, but he was also a murderer

orry my mistake that i have been repeatedly mentioning it as coordinating conjunctions instead of correlative conjunctions. I apologize to all members, but sheeraz see usage of NOT only...but also on following link.

English Grammar

I also copy here a sentence from above link.

She is not only clever, but also hard-working.

abrowaqas · #**120** Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Mr. Sheeraz and Fortune, please come to any consensus ...
it is my request that kindly do one solution of each question and paste it .. so that everyone will get the final correct answers.

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