Just a sentence...?

Question

The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog.

That sentence makes me mad! I really would like to edit the word 'jumps' to 'jumped', but just think it's an error for the person who wrote this sentence to fix... I'm a grammar FREAK... I wanted to fix it, but just couldn't. You understand why too right?

I knew the got d*mn answer already. DUH! I wanted to see if you guys could figure it out out of all you smarta**es. This question was meant to trick you sore people. One of you got it right. The answer is IF I CHANGED THE WORD 'JUMPS' TO 'JUMPED' I WOULD RUIN THE CONCEPT OF THE SENTENCE USING ALL THE LETTERS OF THE ALPHABET.

Answer 1

This sentence is one that is given that uses all the 26 letters in the English language. So you need to leave it as it is.

If you change "jumps" to "jumped," you will no longer be using the S, and the concept will be ruined.

Answer 2

"just a sentence....?"


superbooks.org ANSWERS:

No. That is not a grammar error.

The fact of the matter is that the writer of a sentence is the person who has the CHOICE of which tense to put the verbs in. The writer is in control of his writing and everything he writes is perfect because his writing is simply that HIS writing.

So, when the writer of this very famous sentence wrote, "The quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog", the writer was and is correct in using the present tense for the verb , "jump".

Sorry that bothers you but perhaps if you re-read the sentence with what the writer has or had in mind, then you'd see that he didn't commit any grammar sins but simply expressed his opinion that the quick brown fox was PRESENTLY jumping over that lazy dog.

So there you go, that's the story .

But there's a little more to it than that.

YOU as another writer simply can change the whole thing by writing your own sentence in the past tense. Or you could re-write that sentence or write a whole book on it. That's the wonderful thing about writing.

We, writers are not limited by what other people say, do or write.

So, you are not limited by that writer who thought or thinks that the fox is still jumping over that lazy dog.

To the contrary, you can even have the quick brown fox jump over the lazy dog! Now, doesn't that even sound better ?

So, change the sentence and have no fear. NO stress, you can put an end to the fox jumping over the dog right now.

Just get a pencil and re-write the sentence and the story of the fox and the dog.

Peace.

Answer 3

But you could be wrong. If I were watching a video, for instance, and I was watching the fox in mid air over the dog --- the "commentator" would say "jumps" while explaining what is happening. But I give you credit for the grammar thing. FINALLY!!!! People listen to this person here -- could teach you some things.

Answer 4

The moment one is a fraction. To comprehend why, you ought to understand what clauses are. A clause is more often than not a kind of word. There are 2 clauses: impartial and subordinate. Independent clauses have a area and predicate, however subordinatclausess do not. Independent clause can stand by myself as a sentence. For ex. The blouse is blue. Subordinate clauses can not stand by myself within the sentence. They want anything to entire them. ex. If the blouse is from Wal-Mart. Putting an impartial clause and subordinate clause in combination creates a sentence. ex. If the blouse is from Wal-MArt, the blouse is blue. A trace for locating subordinate clauses is that begin with the phrase "if" plenty. Also, Subordinate clauses are consistently separated from impartial clauses with a comma.

Answer 5

In Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell series, the author, David Michaels, makes the same mistake you point out. The author wants the reader to feel that the adventure is happening as he reads. However, David Michaels forces awkward present tense sentences in places that would be more natural in the past tense. In fact, it becomes so distracting to the story, that it ruins it.

Answer 6

Jumps Plural for jump.

Jumps also plural for past tense of jump, jumped.

The quick brown fox has therefore jumped over a lazy dog more than once.

I believe it's gramatically correct.

Answer 7

I thought it went

"The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back 1234567890".

That way you test all the letters and numbers.

Answer 8

Because the sentence uses every letter in the alphabet. If you changed it, "s" would be missing.

Answer 9

No, I don't. It's a perfect sentence. And it is use or was use in typing classes ... because it has all the letter of the alphabet in it.

Answer 10

the sentence is written that way because it's used to show all letters of the alphabet when choosing a font to use