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Feebs11  #525082  Mon, 09 Jun 08 07:03 PM
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 Hanging on the right hand wall was a picture in a silvery brown oval frame. Carries my childhood worry-free days.  This is an incomplete sentence which does not relate to the preceding sentence. Why does this picture reflect your carefree childhood days? What is in it that does this. Is it what is represented in the picture or the shape and placing of it that brings childhood to mind?

Can i write like this because word "brought" make sentence past tense/

 

 

Your original sentence was in the past. If you want this to be in the present, then all the verbs must be present: Hanging on the right hand wall is a picture in a silvery brown frame. It shows children playing happily on a beach and brings back the memory of carefree childhood days.

  
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Cute572  #525804  Wed, 11 Jun 08 11:16 AM
Thanks Feebs! Smile

I have few more sentences like this. Could you check whether they agree in subject-verb and tenses? 

1. At top surface of the table, I see, a round vase holding [verb is appropriate?] the red roses with leaves, [comma we use?] and give [or use continous participal tense: giving?] an elegant look to my table.              

 2. Reflecting Mirror giving my room, an excess glow from sunrays, entering through the window.

 3. The Curtain hanging and swinging over long rod with winds passing by and unintentionally touching my chair. 

 Tell me, is there any mistakes ? or puntuation errors as well .

 

  
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Feebs11  #526017  Wed, 11 Jun 08 08:53 PM
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Thanks Feebs! Smile

I have few more sentences like this. Could you check whether they agree in subject-verb and tenses? 

1. At top surface of the table,On the table top I see a round vase holding [verb is appropriate? fine] the red roses with leaves, [comma we use?] and give [or use continous participal tense: giving?better to use this] an elegant look to my table.              

 2. Reflecting Mirror giving my room, an excess glow from sunrays, entering through the window.The mirror, reflecting the sun's rays as they come through the window, made my room glow.

 3. The curtain, hanging over a long rod,and swinging over with winds passing by moves in the breeze,and unintentionally touching my chair. 

 Tell me, is there any mistakes ? or puntuation errors as well .

 

 
  
Cute572  #526049  Wed, 11 Jun 08 10:17 PM
 Thank you Feebs Smile

In first sentence can i begin my sentence like this: On the polished top surface of table, there is a  round vase holding red roses with leaves, giving an elegant look to my table. -it will fine or need correction?

In second and third subject mirror/curtain is separated by a comma from its verb reflecting/hanging. Is it ok ? as i just have a talk about subject shouldn't be separated from its verb. Please explain this point.

And why sun's rays not sunrays ? 

Third sentence, i have made some changes. Please check this as well. 

The soft curtain hanging and swinging [i am not using comma bec it will separate both curtain Subject and hanging Verb] over the rood with moving winds and touching my chair [or desk] unintentionally. [this adverb is appropriate fits?]

Or following structure seemed less congested

The soft curtain hanging over a rood and swinging with moving winds, some how unintentionally touching my chair.

 

 

 

 

  
Goodman  #526074  Wed, 11 Jun 08 11:28 PM

Cute572,
<<<>>>On the polished top surface of table, there is a  round vase holding red roses with leaves, giving an elegant look to my table.

Believe me, I can see what you are trying to achieve.

If you want to paint a picture with words “On the polished surface of the tableand “red roses with leaves” are certainly the wrong colors in my opinion. Aside from the grammatical aspects, descriptive-style writing is rather tricky, and also quite personal because what seems stylish to one may seem like a “wrong color” to others. Having said that, I like to offer you my rendition of your version for your reference:

 

On the fine-polished dining table, a round antique vase decorated with beautifully arranged red roses was carefully placed at the center, adding to the table a touch of elegance.

  
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Cute572  #526079  Wed, 11 Jun 08 11:43 PM
 Yes, you are right , descriptive writing seemed easy but it isn't. 

I am just gathering words to fit my idea. Now i got tenses problem. Some sentences combined with both past tense and present continous. Well i take side with present continous .

Could u rephrase above sentence using present tense. Or its ok in description sentences?

 And thanks for suggesting me Smile

  
Goodman  #526096  Thu, 12 Jun 08 01:07 AM
<<>>Could u rephrase above sentence using present tense.
"I want to add a touch of elegance to the nicely poilshed dinning table so I have placed a beautiful rose bouquet in an anitque vase at the center of the table". That- would be my version of the present tense equivalent.
  
Cute572  #526172  Thu, 12 Jun 08 07:09 AM
 

Thanks Goodman! Smile

Could anyone tell me, in descriptive writing what tense usually writer choose. 

And Guys please reply my 2nd post last two sentenses as well. And explain we can separate verb and subject i.e mirror and curtain, by using comma for emphasis like Feebs did?

Third sentence, I have made some changes. Please check this as well. 

The soft curtain hanging and swinging [I am not using comma because it will separate both curtain Subject and hanging Verb] over the rood with moving winds and touching my chair [or desk] unintentionally. [This adverb is appropriate fits?]

Or following structure seemed less congested

The soft curtain hanging over a rood, and swinging with moving [can use melodious or rythemetic or some word instead of moving?] winds; [semicolon used here or comma ?] somehow, [comma is ok here?] unintentionally touches my chair at constant intervals. [puntucation is correct ?]

 And what about this similar sentence grammar?

Above window, long rood holds the curtain from the upper edge of window. Is it ok to use and we would this underline part direct object ?

I request to explain each of these three versions with punctuation i used

Thanks ! 

  
Grammar Geek  #526318  Thu, 12 Jun 08 01:57 PM

Cute,

1) You can use either all present or all past.

2) Feebs did not seperate the subject from the verb. You are using the -ing form of the verb incorrectly.

           The curtain is hanging from a rod and is blowing in the breeze.

            The currtain, hanging from the rod, is blowing in the breeze and moves across my chair. The part in pink describes the curtain; it is NOT a verb.

            If you say "The curtain hanging and swinging" you do not have a verb.You only have two things describing the curtain.

3) A curtain does not have intentions. It cannot do something unintentionally.

4) The word is "rod."

5) "from the upper edge of the window" is a prepositional phrase. The direct object is "the curtain." The rod hold the curtain.

6) The soft curtain, hanging from a rod at the upper edge of the window, sways rhythmetically in the breeze, repeatedly brushing my chair. - Please note that sways is the verb.

  
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