Question

2. Edit the following passage. Last week, the Texan visit a friend in New York and both have taken a stroll down the city streets -- The Texan pointed to a large building and asking- how long it had took to build that - - When the New Yorker said that it taken - - slide over two years, the Texan smile and said- that in Texas, should have build it in half the time

Answer 1

Editing of Passage

1.  Last week, the Texan visit a friend in New York-visited

2. and both have taken a stroll down. the city streets -took

3. The Texan pointed to a large building and asking-asked

4. how long it had took to build that.- taken

5. When the New Yorker said that it---- taken-had

6. slide over two years, the Texan smile -slightly,smiled

7. and said that in Texas,--- should have--- build it in half the time-it, been built

Explanation:

• In the first sentence, the sentence begins with 'last week'. Thus the time expressed is in the past tense. The verb should be 'visited',in the simple past tense.
• The correct sentence is : Last week, the Texan visited a friend in New York.
• The second sentence comprises a main clause in continuation with the first sentence which too is a main clause.
• It is thus a compound sentence joined by the conjunction 'and'.
• It states only one time period, hence there is no need for a perfect tense.

• Instead of 'have taken' the verb should be 'took' in simple past tense.

• The correct sentence is : and both took a stroll down the city streets

• The third sentence also follows the same tense aspect. Both the verbs in it should be in the simple past.  
• Hence instead of asking it should be asked.

• The correct sentence is : The Texan pointed to a large building and asked
• The next sentence is in the past perfect tense. Thus the verb following 'had' should be 'taken' and not 'took'.

• The correct sentence is : how long it had taken to build that.

• In the fifth sentence the auxiliary verb for the past perfect tense -'had' is missing.

• The correct sentence is : When the New Yorker said that it had taken
• In the sixth sentence a wrong word has been used in place of the adverb 'slightly' and the simple present tense of the verb 'smile' has been used instead of the past-smiled.

• The correct sentence is : slightly over two years, the Texan smiled
• In the last sentence the position of the word 'it' is wrongly placed and the verbs in the future perfect tense are wrongly expressed.
• The correct sentence is : and said that in Texas, it should have been built in half the time.

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