Thursday, October 4, 2007

proponent/ had

WORD OF THE DAY:

pro·po·nent - noun

One who argues in support of something

In a big boost to proponents of video-conferencing in such cases, the girl stood up to the questioning - helped by the fact that she did not have to endure a face-to-face encounter with her tormentor.


WRONG TO CORRECT:

WRONG: My friend had been to London before, but, I didn't.
CORRECT:
My friend had been to London before, but, I hadn't.

GRAMMAR: When there is an auxiliary verb in the first clause (had), use the auxiliary in the second clause.

Rahul is arriving on Monday and so is Mona.

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