SUMMONS***********CO – ORDINATOR: RICHARD S. MABALA.PUBLISHER: TANZANIA PUBLISHING HOUSE.YEARS: 1980It is the first collection of poetry in English in Tanzania. Although Tanzania was under British colonialism. The poets in this collection are young people brought up in the ferment of the policy of socialism and self reliance. Their poetry is therefore would be expected about problems of building socialism. They are about and against ideologies which mystify the vision people have of themselves and of their lives.They are also about ordinary human...
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Expressing duration presposition of time since and for
expressing duration Presposition of time Since and For
We use since and for
with the present perfect continuous tense.
i)
FOR
Is the preposition
which used to talk about the length of time (duration).
We use preposition
present perfect tense with For + A period of time.
Thus
For + A period of time
Examples
For a week
For six months
For two hours
For a year
ii)
SINCE
Is...
The use of Tag Questions and example questions
Use of Tag questions.
A tag question is used to seek or ask for the
confirmation of what we already known. It requires a person to confirm for the
statement he/she has given. We form tag question by using some of the auxiliary
verbs. Auxiliary verbs are helping verbs. A verb is a doing word. It explain
what someone is doing.
These auxiliary verbs help the verb to tell what
someone is doing. For the affirmative form we use tag questions. If the statement
is not having a word “NOT” is called a POSITIVE STATEMENT.
Likewise if the statement is...