1. Whole family take poison! Leaves long suicide letter!
2. Whole family take poison! Leaves a long suicide letter!
Which one is right?
I'm an English learner. Could you help me? Thank you in advance!
2006-08-18 03:17:30 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
They both read like a newspaper headline rather than actual sentences. As a headline, either one works just fine (though #1 would be generally preferred, due to its absence of articles). However, if you want to be absolutely correct, it would be "The whole family takes poison and leaves a long suicide letter!"
2006-08-18 03:25:00 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If these are supposed to be newspaper headings they should read:
Whole family takes poison! Leaves long suicide letter!
But if you are just speaking of an incident in the past then it would be better to use the past tense:
The whole family took poison! They left a long suicide letter.
2006-08-18 10:31:25 · answer #2 · answered by Amber Amber 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither one is right. They are not complete sentences. A whole family takes poison and leaves a long suicide letter.
2006-08-18 20:01:08 · answer #3 · answered by Elizabeth W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither is actually right.
However, sentence 2 is closer to being right, however, it should read: Whole family takes poison! Leaves a long suicide letter!
2006-08-18 10:24:54 · answer #4 · answered by yofatcat1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole family takes poison! leaves a long suicide letter!
2006-08-18 10:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither one is completely correct.
The whole family takes poison! They leave a long suicide letter.
OR
The whole family took poison! They left a long suicide letter.
2006-08-18 10:24:13 · answer #6 · answered by dark_phoenix 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think either one of them are right. I would word it..."Whole family consumed poison and left a long suicide note. Is this for a headline or something??? Sounds like it. It makes a big diffrence if your writing a headline or an actual sentence.
2006-08-18 10:25:44 · answer #7 · answered by sparkles 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. I would say:
The whole family takes poison and leaves a long suicide letter.
2006-08-18 10:24:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The whole family takes poison.
They leave A long suicide letter.
Because letter is a countable noun.
2006-08-18 10:23:59 · answer #9 · answered by ♥Hannah♥ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sentence 2 is the more correctly formed of the two.
However, either sentence would suffice for a newspaper headline, since newspapers care less about news than about how fast they can print it.
2006-08-18 10:24:39 · answer #10 · answered by Darth Vader 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋