ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: concord

rvw — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:15:02 GMT

1) It is not a complex sentence; there is only one clause. Professing his love is a participle phrase which modifies letter.

2)
a) I would use deaths, because each person has his or her own death.

b) I would use deaths as above, and only children. This emphasizes that the only children they had died. (Do we know that for sure? There was a lot of unspecified dying going on.)
Sole means one, and two (or more) children died.
One could also say ...the deaths of their own children to emphasize that they were the Montagues' and Capulets' children.

concord

Hela — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:00:38 GMT

Dear teachers,

1) Is this a complex sentence?

âHe will write her a letter professing his love.â

2) What should I say her:

a) The hatred between the Montagues and Capulets results in the deaths / death of Tybalt and Mercutio, and Romeo and Juliet.

b) The hatred between the Montagues and Capulets ends up in the death of their only / sole two // their own children.

Many thanks,

Hela