It should be a nightmare -talking about something in the past - (my teacher told me that there is a grammar mistake but i can't find it!)
2007-11-20 07:08:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
i'm learning english
2007-11-20 07:09:10 · update #1
Try rephrasing it like this.
Talking about the past can sometimes be a nightmare.
2007-11-20 07:26:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the point is to talk about a nightmare you had in the past, the sentence would be "It was a nightmare". Using "should be" gives the sentence a different meaning.
2007-11-20 15:18:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't really have a sentence there to make sense. Look at this, instead:
"Talking about something in the past should be a nightmare."
Basically, you have that "it" completely obsolete at the beginning of the sentence, because it means "talking about something in the past", and you also have those words in the sentence, only misplaced.
Alex.
2007-11-20 15:44:54 · answer #3 · answered by Alex Kelley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't use dashes (-).
Try 'It should be a nightmare;(semi-colon indicates the end of a standalone statement, but indicates that there is more to follow) talking about something FROM the past.' You can't talk about something IN the past, unless you're a time traveller. You can only talk about something in the past TENSE. lol
Hope this helps.
Know what you mean, tho'. Every time I visit my mother, it's a trip down memory lane.
:)
2007-11-20 15:20:41 · answer #4 · answered by bushmasta176 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Correct:
It was a nightmare.
We never say "It should be a nightmare", it doesnt really make any sense. Anyway, "should be" makes it present tense. Say "should have been" or "was" to make something past tense.
Im not sure what you meant, but heres some alternative sentences:
It was a nightmare.
It could be a nightmare.
These are the only ones that make sense (past tense).
2007-11-20 15:19:33 · answer #5 · answered by pumpkin head 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No dash, use a comma.
It should be a nightmare, talking about something in the past.
2007-11-20 15:17:22 · answer #6 · answered by Howard H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should be a nightmare -talking about something in the past.
Punctuation wise: Instead of - use a , and be sure to put a period at the end.
Grammatically, there are a lot of possibilities.
2007-11-20 15:15:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
(It,-not needed) Talking about something 'from' the past, should be a nightmare....(explain why it should be, here.)
Her talking about something from her past should/would/could be a nightmare because she has been through so much.
C. :)!!
2007-11-20 15:27:19 · answer #8 · answered by Charlie Kicksass 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like punctuation to me... -
2007-11-20 15:12:35 · answer #9 · answered by starmeluv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋