I hear Mr and Mrs White _________ ; they ________ alone now .
A . are separated ; will live B . separated ; were living
C . have separated ; are living D . have separated ; live
2007-11-17 19:36:56 · 11 answers · asked by YSG 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
C
You use 'have separated' instead of 'separated' in this case as the time of separation is not specified. For spoken discourse, either 'live' or 'are living' are used but 'are living' is technically correct because even though they are separated we don't know if there is a chance of their reunion or not.
2007-11-17 19:42:41 · answer #1 · answered by hurricane197 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C
I hear Mr and Mrs White have separated; they are living alone now.
2007-11-18 03:54:26 · answer #2 · answered by hiddenstar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
D is the right one.
" I hear Mr & Mrs. White have seperated; they live alone now. "
But there is a logical mistake in the 2nd part... we cant say "they" live alone now, becoz They denotes both of them as a single entity.
They dont live together now will be a better substitution if we want to retain "they"
or
"Each of them lives alone now "
2007-11-18 05:11:21 · answer #3 · answered by P10 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is the kind of dumb, pointless task I have been railing about in English language teacher training seminars for years. We know NOTHING about Mr and Mrs White, or their arrangements, and in the absence of this information, all answers are equally possible, which is why you get so many, and why you can only accept them all. So anyone who says 'well, technically, X is correct, but...' is just confused, and understandably so. Technically, you can make a case for all possibilities, as there is no context here.
2007-11-18 04:04:20 · answer #4 · answered by vilgessuola 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
c is right..
since the second sentence has present continuous tense(now) - are living is right..
& 1st sentence is in present perfect tense..thus have separated is right...
2007-11-18 03:58:52 · answer #5 · answered by coolgal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember the verb tensesi.e. past or present tenses.
2007-11-18 04:31:00 · answer #6 · answered by Joker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
C is the best answer
2007-11-18 03:56:22 · answer #7 · answered by Priya 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A, C and D
2007-11-18 04:19:27 · answer #8 · answered by decemberbaby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I vote for c.
2007-11-18 03:40:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm with you, vilgessu!
.
2007-11-18 04:59:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋