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Re: Will someone help me

Abil — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:50:56 GMT

Dear Forum Guru, Thanks for your comments and suggestions. Actually, this is a part of an article I am translating into english. I will remember not to use "because of the fact that" clause. Abil

sentence questions

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:19:49 GMT

Hi, I was looking at the article titled "U.S. chides Seoul for beef backslide" on its Saturday, May 17th, 2008 edition of the JoongAng Daily and have these questions on some sentences it had: Washington , on the other hand, is demanding that Korea fully open its markets t U.S. beef before it considers the trade deal. The U.S. commerce secretary said that if the FTA is ratified, it would create jobs in Korea and the U.S.and give consumers in both countries more choices. Rewriting those again: Washington , on the other hand, is demanding that Korea fully open its markets t U.S. beef before it considers the trade deal. -- I feel "before it starts to consider" is better. Wrong? The U.S. commerce secretary said that if the FTA is ratified, it would create jobs in Korea and the U.S.and give consumers in both countries more choices. -- Is this the right first conditional?? Also, if I put 'then' before the main clause, what, if any, difference would (will??) it make? Would your anaswer it apply to all conditioanl sentences? .. If the FTA is ratified, (then??) it would create jobs in Korea and ...

Puerto Rico and the USA

Tanit — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:14:27 GMT

Puerto Rico is an âunincorporated territoryâ of the United States which according to the United States Supreme Court is âa territory appurtenant and belonging to the United States, but not a part of the United States.â Puerto Rico is subject to the Congressâ plenary powers under the âterritorial clauseâ of Article IV, sec. 3, of the U.S. Constitution. United States federal law is applicable to Puerto Rico, even though Puerto Rico is not a state of the American Union and has no voting representative in the United States Congress. Due to the establishment of the Federal Relations Act of 1950 all federal laws that are ânot locally inapplicableâ are automatically the law of the land in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican elections are governed by the Federal Election Commission. While residing in Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans cannot vote in U.S. presidential elections, but they can vote in primaries. Puerto Ricans who become residents of a U.S. state can vote in presidential elections.

(source: Wikipedia)

As you can imagine, I started my little search when I heard that Democratic primary elections had been held in Puerto Rico, although Puerto Rico has no representatives in the Congress (it appears to have a non-voting delegate, though). Why can they vote in the primary elections?

I really find it hard to imagine how a territory can belong to a State and yet not be part of it. Are there any other examples of âunincorporated territories" in the USA?

Thanks!

Re: the Lohan

Avangi — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:29:01 GMT

Yes. I think in this context it would be used only when there's a descriptor between the article and the proper noun. I think it's just a compressed form, calling attention to the descriptor without having to give it a clause or a phrase - this time, common to news articles.

There's also a current fad of referring to famous people as "The XXX", like Donald Trump is known as "The Donald," emphasizing perhaps that he's currently the most famous Donald.

- A.

Re: article sentence analyses

Clive — Thu, 15 May 2008 03:15:36 GMT

Hi,

I was reading the May 14, 2008 (May (Web-only) article of the ChristianityToday magazine titled "Double Divorce" by Sarah Pulliam and have the following questions.

A paragraph from the article:

Wheaton's Community Covenant requires the upholding of "the sanctity of marriage between a man and woman." The college employee handbook states that the college will consider retaining a divorcing employee "when there is reasonable evidence that the circumstances that led to the final dissolution of the marriage related to desertion or adultery on the part of the other partner."

Recopy of the above paragraph:

Wheaton's Community Covenant requires the upholding of 1)"the sanctity of marriage between a man and woman." The college employee handbook states that the college will consider retaining a divorcing employee 2)"when there is reasonable evidence that the circumstances that led to the final dissolution of the marriage related to desertion or adultery on the part of the other partner."

1. No 1 seems to be just a lifting of words for a highlighting purpose. I think I have asked in the past about this but didn't seem to have gotten clear answers. Does a lifting of words or phrases or clauses for a sole purpose of emphasis or an illustration allowed? No quoting of anybody's words but a writer's desire to hightlight the words or phrases or clauses.

I don't fully understand your question. If you are asking if it is OK to quote words from another source, the answer is that it usually is. Often, the source should be acknowledged. This particular phrase is very commonly used by people who support this aspect of marriage.

2. No. 2. seems to be a partial lifting or quoting from a source, in this case, it seems to be the college employee handbook. I think the writer could have quoted more but have decided to put quotation marks on that portion only for his purpose. Correct? Yes.

3. Do you need to italicize what looks to be names of an online magazine, student newspaper and blog in writing? No, you don't have to use italics. It's just a matter of choosing a suitable style and using it consistently. Various style guides offer different ways to do this. Colleges often give new students instructions on which style to use. I would say that, before the advent of personal computers, italics weremuch more uncommonly used for this purpose.

I think I have the name of a newpaper not italicized in writing. Partial sentences from the article:

..., Gramm told Christinity Today in an e-mail

Wheaton's student newspaper, The Record, found ...

..., Alan Jacobs, wrote in a First Things blog post that ...

4. I have trouble with the phrases like "less of something" or "more of something" or "less a thing" or "more a thing" -- when do we put "of" there and when not?? I' say the simplest approach is just to think of these as standard, set phrases. You can say 'less of a need' or 'less need', 'more of a need' or 'more need'.

From the article:

"We leave issues like spiritual discipline in the hands of the churches, so there's less of a need for us to handle these issues," Calvin spokesman Phil de Haan said.

Best wishes, Clive

article sentence analyses

Anonymous — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:46:50 GMT

Hi,

I was reading the May 14, 2008 (May (Web-only) article of the ChristianityToday magazine titled "Double Divorce" by Sarah Pulliam and have the following questions.

A paragraph from the article:

Recopy of the above paragraph:

3. Do you need to italicize what looks to be names of an online magazine, student newspaper and blog in writing? I think I have the name of a newpaper not italicized in writing. Partial sentences from the article:

..., Gramm told Christinity Today in an e-mail

Wheaton's student newspaper, The Record, found ...

..., Alan Jacobs, wrote in a First Things blog post that ...

4. I have trouble with the phrases like "less of something" or "more of something" or "less a thing" or "more a thing" -- when do we put "of" there and when not??

From the article:

"We leave issues like spiritual discipline in the hands of the churches, so there's less of a need for us to handle these issues," Calvin spokesman Phil de Haan said.

as

New2grammar — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:58:26 GMT

China's death toll from a massive earthquake soared by thousands Wednesday as troops rushed to plug "severe cracks" in a dam upriver from one of the hardest hit cities.

I have another question regarding the use of as. Should the two clauses that as connects have some strong, tight link? Above is an excerp tfrom a news article and the use of 'as' in this context triggers this question as there's a weak or no link between the two clauses. -the increase in death tool has no relationship with the damaged dam. In other words, no one has died , at least the article doesn't mention it, due to the damage the dam suffers.

What do you think?

Thanks!

Re: Are these sentences correct???

26TMNTJG2PG — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:35:53 GMT

Incidentally, you may wish to look at this article Phrase, Clause and Sentence. It may help you to distinguish betweem a phrase or clause from a sentence.

Re: as

Avangi — Sun, 04 May 2008 15:36:29 GMT

Hi N2g, I'm probably too pooped to make any sense.

After you confirmed that this was not a "stand-alone" exercise sentence, but an excerpt from a news article, I began thinking in terms of "previous context," specifically that it had already been extablished that food prices and shrinking hours were messing with his pocketbook.

So we may now consider looking at the sentence you posted as adding the third item, and then justifying the addition. (Note MrP's use of the comma.) "Since he drives etc." is the reason gas prices may be added as the third significant financial problem the man faces. It also makes it clear that the subordinate clause modifies the entire main clause rather than just the verb.

In my post prior to MrP's first one, I was starting to hedge on my analysis that the final clause modifies only the verb. His switching from "while" to "since" and his addition of the comma, makes that approach more valid, in my estimation.

Regards, - A.

Re: as

New2grammar — Sat, 03 May 2008 15:13:41 GMT

Actually, I''ve been reading more these days to improve my command of the language. I realize one of my many weak areas is ability to construct long sentences, ones that contain more than one clause. This is actually a sentence I picked up from a news article and it turns out to be a bad choice.But I have learned from this example how to interpret as in double clause sentences. I guess I can call it another milestone :)