2015-06-19 Workshop: error correction

Greg Malivuk
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IF YOUR STORY HAPPENED IN THE PAST, YOU NEED TO USE PAST TENSE VERBS TO TELL YOUR STORY!
(If it happens in the present, you need to use present tense verbs.)
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one month ago = May 19, 2015 (one month before now)
one month later = one month after the last thing that happened in your story
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+ John went to the restaurant.
- John didn’t go to the restaurant.
? Did John go to the restaurant?
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If you need to emphasize that this is affirmative: John did go to the restaurant.
(In the present tense, we can emphasize with “do” or “does”: John does go there every day.)
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The lawyer told her that John wanted to give her the money. (this is the information he told her)
The lawyer told her, “John wanted to give you the money.” (this is the sentence he told her)
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*One day one old man his name John. He wanted to eat lunch.
-> One day, an old man named John wanted to eat lunch.
-> One day there was an old man. His name was John. He wanted to eat lunch.
-> One day there was an old man whose name was John. He wanted to eat lunch.
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Mr. Robert was a rich businessman. He was 86 years old. He traveled around the world because he had many food companies in Europe and America.

One time he went to Panama City…
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He went into a restaurant. Later, he left the restaurant.
(“a” the first time I mention it, “the” every time I mention it after that)
Then he went to another restaurant.
(If it’s a new one, you should use “another” instead of “a” or “an”, to make it clear that it’s a different one from before.)
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electronic mail
E-mail
e-mail
email
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call: on the phone, or to say someone’s nickname
“His name was John, but everyone called him ‘Rocky’.”

tell: information or instructions (you have to include the listener)
The lawyer told her that John had died.
The lawyer told her to deposit the check in the bank.

say: any words
He said hello. She said no. He said, “Thank you.”
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You tell somebody (something).
You say something (to somebody).