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Person and Time
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The general rule is that a singular subject will use a singular verb. Since lieutenant is singular, it will use was. If it was lieutenants (plural form), it would be were. |
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Bubba
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Feb 13, 2008
(85 days and 17 hours ago)
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Thanks. That's what I thought it was. |
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13th Dimension
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Feb 13, 2008
(85 days and 17 hours ago)
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Which one? During Bloody Sunday, the reserved Nicholas II was occupied with his family while his lieutenant was shooting protesters (who were protesting for the right to vote and other rights), which ended in the deaths of hundreds of civilians. or During Bloody Sunday, the reserved Nicholas II was occupied with his family while his lieutenant was shooting protesters (who were protesting for the right to vote and other rights) which ended in the deaths of hundreds of civilians. the difference is a comma |
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13th Dimension
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Feb 13, 2008
(85 days and 17 hours ago)
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I'm *pretty* sure it would be the first one. If the which clause isn't necessary to understand the sentence's point, you would use a comma. |
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Bubba
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Feb 13, 2008
(85 days and 16 hours ago)
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Yeah, I think that's right because when I took away the comma, Microsoft Word's Readability Statistics said the Passive Sentences was 10%, then, when I put the comma back in, it went back to 0%. |
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13th Dimension
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Feb 13, 2008
(85 days and 16 hours ago)
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