2015-02-23 Workshop: dating ad error correction

Greg Malivuk
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Write a description of yourself and what you want your boyfriend or girlfriend to be like.
This is a description that you could use on the Internet or in a newspaper to find someone to date.

WANTED--A WIFE
ARE YOU 35-45 YEARS OLD?
DO YOU LIKE CHILDREN, PETS, AND
QUIET TIMES? PLEASE WRITE ME.
MY ADDRESS IS 307 S. SIXTH ST.
I AM A HARD-WORKING MAN.

(You need to write more than this. You are advertising in a newspaper or online, you're not painting it on the side of your truck.)
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Tense:
If your story is about something that happened before, all the action must be in the past tense (-ed endings).
If your story is about something happening now, all the action must be in the present tense (go/goes, have/has, want/wants).
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They got married.		They get married.
Bill got married to Anna.	Bill gets married to Anna.
Bill married Anna.		Bill marries Anna.
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* Bill was lonely because he didn't have wife.
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He painted his car. He called the woman. They loved their son.
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Bill ate dinner alone.

(YES) Bill ate dinner alone every day. / Every day, Bill ate dinner alone.
(NO) *Bill ate dinner every day alone. / * Bill every day ate dinner alone.

(YES) Bill always ate dinner alone.
(NO) * Always Bill ate dinner alone. / * Bill ate dinner always alone. / ...
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Bill painted a message on his car.
* After he received many letters.

After Bill painted a message on his car, he received many letters.

Bill painted a message on his car.
After that, he received many letters.

Bill painted a message on his car.
Then he received many letters.