Gitte Michelle Hansen
2b, Engelsk grammatik

1. At the party he wore a black dinner jacket to match his wife’s long silk dress
Rettelse: “to wear” er et ureglmæssigt verbum og skal bøjes “to wear, he wore”

2. Never had they seen deadlier accuracy than from the experienced deer hunter.
Rettelse: deadlier er 2. grad af deadly, og “more” er også 2. grads markør, derfor skal der ikke være begge og ”more” skal fjernes

3. John always seemed to be the unlucky chap who was forced to do the dishes.
Rettelse: “whom” er et forholdord, i denne sætning skal man bruge ”who” som er et henførende stedord.

4. Wally does not see their problem – all he sees is an opportunity for himself to be noticed.
Rettelse: “to do” I 3 person I ental, ikke flertal, derfor skal der ikke stå “s”

5. She had wanted to complain about the service, but she decided that it was not worth it after all.
Rettelse: skal være kort tillægsform af “to want” da sætningen er førdatid (wanting er lang tillægsform)

6. to my irritation [] the record store i had platted to visit was closed.
Rettelse: forkert ordstilling, ”was” skal være efter grundled

7. The father felt confident that, with his new business, his son was nicely set up
Rettelse: forkert ordklasse. Nice er et adverbium so beskriver et navneord, her skal der bruges adjektiv da det på engelsk ofte slutter på –ly og beskriver udsagnsord (i dette tilfælde ”set up”)

Was suspended: passivt hjælpeudsagnsord i datid.
Was cleaning: hjælpeudsagnsord i udvidet datid (uafsluttet datid)
Was discharged: passivt hjælpeudsagnsord i datid.
Was unhurt: was er hovedverbum
Has been removed: passiv hjælpeudsagnsord i førnutid.

Der bliver anvendt sammentrækninger i teksten (f.eks: i’d pint / i had a pint, I couldn’t see / I could not see)
Forkortelser af ord som f.eks. ”because” der bliver til ”course”
Forkert grammatik, der er f.eks kongruens fejl ved ”I couldn’t see what he were doing”, det skal være ”was” der er 3 person ental og ikke 1 person flertal.
Teksten er uformel i ordvalgene, der bliver f.eks. brug ”dad” i stedet for den formelle ”father”

The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has published his autobiography. The controversial book, among other things, reveals details of his very strained relationship to Gordon Brown, his feelings towards the war in Iraq and it even touches upon his opinion concerning alcohol. Hence, the book is considered to be very open and honest by the critics.
All over England the booksellers are delighted that everybody is talking about the book and apparently they have also decided to read it if you are to judge by the number of sold copies.