Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Help on sentences
Hi. Please help. Let us pretend he is writing about himself.
1. I was born in El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. My hometown is El Paso. I was raised there. I still have many friends there.
Questions: I think it is correct but want to confirm: Is it correct to use the present tense to talk about what is still current, that is what is still correct -- as in the case of his hometown being El Paso? Also, is it correct to write the name "U.S.A." as in the above, after a comma? Should it be "the U.S.A." (after the comma)?
2. I don't know about spices but I guess using spices used in food was started by someone or some group some time back, far back presumably. Anyway, assuming the letters "XXX" represent the name of a certain nation, which should we use, spice or spices, in the place noted?
Spice (Spices?) was (were) first invented in XXX.
1. I was born in El Paso, Texas, U.S.A. My hometown is El Paso. I was raised there. I still have many friends there.
Questions: I think it is correct but want to confirm: Is it correct to use the present tense to talk about what is still current, that is what is still correct -- as in the case of his hometown being El Paso? Also, is it correct to write the name "U.S.A." as in the above, after a comma? Should it be "the U.S.A." (after the comma)?
2. I don't know about spices but I guess using spices used in food was started by someone or some group some time back, far back presumably. Anyway, assuming the letters "XXX" represent the name of a certain nation, which should we use, spice or spices, in the place noted?
Spice (Spices?) was (were) first invented in XXX.
Top answer
1. Is it correct to use the present tense to talk about what is still current, that is what is still correct -- as in the case of his hometown being El Paso? -- Yes.
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1. Is it correct to use the present tense to talk about what is still current, that is what is still correct -- as in the case of his hometown being El Paso? -- Yes.
Also, is it correct to write the name "U.S.A." as in the above, after a comma?- Yes, but I would omit the periods ('USA'); they are little used nowadays.
Should it be "the U.S.A." (after the comma)--
Also, is it correct to write the name "U.S.A." as in the above, after a comma?- Yes, but I would omit the periods ('USA'); they are little used nowadays.
Should it be "the U.S.A." (after the comma)--
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