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12 Mar 2019, 14:16
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Generally speaking, was wondering if someone can advise me as to whether verbs of these tenses ever be parallel to verbs in the simple tenses? I thought the answer was no, but the below question is considered correct as written, where "joined" is parallel to "was injured" and "was discharged."
Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier's pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve.
Really appreciate any feedback in advance.
Dressed as a man and using the name Robert Shurtleff, Deborah Sampson, the first woman to draw a soldier's pension, joined the Continental Army in 1782 at the age of 22, was injured three times, and was discharged in 1783 because she had become too ill to serve.
Really appreciate any feedback in advance.
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12 Mar 2019, 14:30
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Hi abalogh1026
She joined ...,
she was injured ... ,
and she was discharged ...
the three verbs are in the simple past tense, so grammatically perfect.
The only difference is the "she joined" is an active voice (which means that she did the action),
while "was injured" and "was discharged" are a passive voice (which means that someone did these actions upon her).
Using passive and active voice is not related to the tense, but related to the meaning.
the tense only reflects when the action is done (the time), while the active/passive voice reflects who did the action.
To clarify further, if it is written "she injured" and "she discharged", this would be grammatically correct (still past tense), but would be wrong because of its incorrect meaning (because she is not the one who injured or discharged someone else)
She joined ...,
she was injured ... ,
and she was discharged ...
the three verbs are in the simple past tense, so grammatically perfect.
The only difference is the "she joined" is an active voice (which means that she did the action),
while "was injured" and "was discharged" are a passive voice (which means that someone did these actions upon her).
Using passive and active voice is not related to the tense, but related to the meaning.
the tense only reflects when the action is done (the time), while the active/passive voice reflects who did the action.
To clarify further, if it is written "she injured" and "she discharged", this would be grammatically correct (still past tense), but would be wrong because of its incorrect meaning (because she is not the one who injured or discharged someone else)
12 Mar 2019, 16:43
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Hello abalogh1026 .... welcome to the community.
I would definitely put this question to our Verbal experts..... we actually do have an 'ask me anything section' ...... Where our Verbal resident expart GMATNinja helps to resolve our queries... below is the link:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-ninja-s ... 81443.html
Saying that, the answers you have got and would be getting in this thread are good as well ....
I would definitely put this question to our Verbal experts..... we actually do have an 'ask me anything section' ...... Where our Verbal resident expart GMATNinja helps to resolve our queries... below is the link:
https://gmatclub.com/forum/gmat-ninja-s ... 81443.html
Saying that, the answers you have got and would be getting in this thread are good as well ....
