http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslEssayWritingWorld/Forum9.htmPost your essay, short story or composition here. Review, comment or just read for fun.enCSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkqhg/post.htm#471484Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:55:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:471484Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkqhg/post.htm#471484http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-471484.xmlawesome, thank you <img src="/emoticons/emotion-1.gif" alt="Smile [:)]" />)<br><br>ivo<br><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkqzw/post.htm#471452Fri, 01 Feb 2008 13:19:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:471452Grammar Geek1http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkqzw/post.htm#471452http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-471452.xml<P>No - <EM>At that time</EM> requires the simple past, and don't use a comma after <EM>discovered</EM>. </P> <P><EM>At that time, I discovered that what people had been saying about how time flies is true.</EM> </P> <P>But try something like this: <EM>It was then that I discovered the truth of what people have always said: Time does fly!</EM></P><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkqdw/post.htm#471418Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:25:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:471418Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkqdw/post.htm#471418http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-471418.xmlOK, I was wondering as well.. can I put it like..?<br>"At that time, I've discovered, what people had been saying, on how fast the time gose/flies.."<br><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkpmq/post.htm#471290Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:47:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:471290Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkpmq/post.htm#471290http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-471290.xmloh okie thanz my friend<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkphk/post.htm#471199Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:49:25 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:471199Avangi5http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkphk/post.htm#471199http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-471199.xmlNo good reason.&nbsp; You've interrupted "what people said is true" with "about how time flies fast." It doesn't seem necessary to actually <EM>set it off</EM>, but, it seems like when you read it, and especially when you speak it, you need to indicate where the joint comes.&nbsp; If it were a little shorter, the brain (my brain in particular) could easily grasp it without the comma: " . . . what people say about time is true."&nbsp;&nbsp; Or, " . . . what people say is true."<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkpvd/post.htm#471141Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:33:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:471141Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkpvd/post.htm#471141http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-471141.xmlwhy is there a comma before IS?<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkprc/post.htm#471072Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:20:10 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:471072Avangi6http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkprc/post.htm#471072http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-471072.xml<BLOCKQUOTE><table width="85%"><tr><td class="txt4"><img src="/Themes/default/images/icon-quote.gif">&nbsp;<strong>Anonymous wrote:</strong></td></tr><tr><td class="quoteTable"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" class="txt4"> <P>At that time,&nbsp;I discovered&nbsp;<STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>[that]</FONT></STRONG> what people <STRIKE><FONT color=#ff1493>said</FONT></STRIKE> <STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>say</FONT></STRONG>&nbsp;about how time flies fast<STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>,</FONT></STRONG> is true<STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>.</FONT></STRONG></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></BLOCKQUOTE></P><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkxkn/post.htmThu, 31 Jan 2008 08:10:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:470964Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/SomeoneCorrectSentenceThanz/zkxkn/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments9-470964.xml<P>At that time,&nbsp;I discovered&nbsp;what people said about how time flies fast is true</P><div style="clear:both;"></div>