1. A bill is thorougly studied by the members of the congresss before they pass it.
2. Pres. Roxas is delivering a speech when he had a heart attack.
If you can answer it, please provide the explanation for the answers. Thanks a lot!
2006-07-02 20:21:50 · 11 answers · asked by jetwo05 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
A bill is thoroughly studied by the members of the congresss before they pass it.
thorougly is misspelled.
congresss should be congress's
Pres. Roxas is delivering a speech when he had a heart attack .
As Pres. Roxas was delivering a speech he had a heart attack .
2006-07-02 20:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by andy3191 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. A bill is thorougly studied by the members of the congresss before they PASSED it.
2. Pres. Roxas WAS delivering a speech when he had a heart attack.
2006-07-02 20:27:29 · answer #2 · answered by midas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first one is quite grammatical except for the use of 'the' before Members of Congress. This is already a closely defined group of people, so the definite article is not necessary. However, it is also rather clumsy because of the mixture of active and passive voice. I suggest:
1. Members of Congress study a bill thoroughly before passing it.
The second is ungrammatical becasue of the mixture of tenses. I assume he was delivering a speech at a time in the past when his speech was interrupted by a heart attack. You therefore need the past continuous tense for the first verb. So, ...
2. Pres. Roxas was delivering a speech when he had a heart attack.
Hope this helps!
2006-07-02 20:38:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bill is thoroughly studied by the members of congress [singular] before it is passed. [Since the bill is the subject of the sentence, the clause at the end refers to it, not to the members of congress.]
By the way, if you do need a plural for congress ["There are many different congresses in the world."], it is "congresses." No English word takes three S's in a row.
President Roxas was delivering a speech when he had a heart attack. [The heart attack was in the past; so the speech was, too.]
2006-07-02 20:32:13 · answer #4 · answered by auntb93again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Before passing a bill, the members of congress thoroughly study it.
2. President Roxas had a heart attack while delivering a speech.
1. your first sentence didn't work because you started out in the past tense (is thoroughly studied), and ended up in the present tense (before they pass it).
2. same problem in the second one(Roxas is),and (when he had). first verb is present tense, second verb is past tense.
2006-07-09 13:55:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bill is thoroughly studied by the members of the Congress before they pass it. (Sentence structure is ok, spelling, capitalization is corrected).
President (I assume that is what Pres. means) Roxas was delivering a speech when he had a heart attack. (tense of "is" changed from present to past since "had" is past tense).
2006-07-02 20:30:16 · answer #6 · answered by G.V. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1.A bill will be thoroughly studied by the members of the congress before they pass it.
2. Pres.Roxas was delivering a speech when he had an heart attack.
2006-07-02 20:28:16 · answer #7 · answered by pra25283 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 is ok, 2 should be President Roxas was delivering a speech when he had a heart attack.
2006-07-02 20:26:08 · answer #8 · answered by Pup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the first 1 is correct i guess
the secong 1 should have been Pres. Roxas was delivering...
2006-07-02 22:46:05 · answer #9 · answered by Aastha G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for number 1.
Congress members study a bill throughly before approving it.
for number 2.
At the time, President Roxsas was delivering a speech, he suffered a coronary attack.
2006-07-02 22:26:17 · answer #10 · answered by Shanaila 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋